bug

Letters that make bug

b, g, u are letters that make 'bug'

Words within bug

are words within 'bug'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of bug

bugs is a word created by adding a letter to 'bug'

7 possible definitions for 'bug'

Bug as "annoy persistently"

Under this definition, bug is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

pester, badger, beleaguer, tease have the same meaning as 'bug'

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, frustrate, torment.

Derivatives of bug

blighter, badgerer, annoyer, vexer, teaser, heckler, pest, gadfly, cuss, tease, ribbing, pesterer, teasing, tantalization are derivatives of 'bug'.

Bug as "tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information"

Under this definition, bug is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

intercept, wiretap, tap have the same meaning as 'bug'

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of listen in, eavesdrop.

Derivatives of bug

tap, tapper, wiretapper, phone tapper, bug, wiretap are derivatives of 'bug'.

Example of bug used within this context

"The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy", "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Bug as "a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine"

Under this definition, bug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

glitch has the same meaning as bug

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of defect, fault, flaw.

Bug as "a small hidden microphone, for listening secretly"

Under this definition, bug is a noun and has the following properties:

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of microphone, mike.

Derivatives of bug

intercept, wiretap, bug, tap are derivatives of 'bug'.

Bug as "insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base, usually show incomplete metamorphosis"

Under this definition, bug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

hemipterous insect, hemipteron, hemipteran have the same meaning as 'bug'

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of insect.

Types of bug

leaf bug, plant bug, lygaeid, lygaeid bug, coreid bug, coreid, bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius, Notonecta undulata, true bug, bed bug, backswimmer are types of 'bug'.

bug as a member

'bug' can be a member of Hemiptera, order Hemiptera.

Bug as "general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate"

Under this definition, bug is a noun and has the following properties:

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of insect.

Derivatives of bug

buggy is a derivative of bug.

Bug as "a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium), the term is not in technical use"

Under this definition, bug is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

microbe, germ have the same meaning as 'bug'

bug as a type

'bug' can be a type of microorganism, micro-organism.

Derivatives of bug

germy, microbial, microbic are derivatives of 'bug'.


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