bug

Meanings

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
• annoy persistently
• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
  • "Is this hotel room bugged?"

Synonyms

badger, beleaguer, germ, glitch, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, intercept, microbe, pester, tap, tease, wiretap