Bugs Word Meaning

conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly

conceal bug in room or telephone

• their offices, homes, and telephones were bugged

annoy or bother (someone)

annoy someone

• a persistent reporter was bugging me

early 17th century: of unknown origin. Current verb senses date from the mid 20th century

a harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium

harmful micro-organism

• their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs

a small insect

small insect

• a thick green scum which crawls with bugs, centipedes, and worse

an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking.

insect with piercing mouthparts

a concealed miniature microphone, used for secret eavesdropping or recording

concealed miniature microphone

• they cleaned out the bugs and wiretaps

an error in a computer program or system

error in computer program

• a custom program we used developed a bug