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bug
n 1: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling
invertebrate
2: a fault or defect in a system or machine [syn: glitch]
3: a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
4: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and
leathery at the base; usually show incomplete
metamorphosis [syn: hemipterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron]
5: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);
the term is not in technical use [syn: microbe, germ]
v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, beleaguer]
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?" [syn: wiretap, tap, intercept]
[also: bugging, bugged]