bug

noun

  1. 1

    a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

  2. 2

    general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

  3. 3

    insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

  4. 4

    a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

  5. 5

    a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

verb

  1. 1

    annoy persistently

    The children teased the boy because of his stammer

  2. 2

    tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

    The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy

    Is this hotel room bugged?

Synonyms

Also useful for “bug”:Unscrambler