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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | |
| Related terms: | insect | |
| 2. | [ verb ] annoy persistently | |
| Synonyms: | badger tease pester harass beleaguer | |
| Examples: | "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
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| Related terms: | torment pest tease | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (physics) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly | |
| Related terms: | microphone wiretap | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a fault or defect in a system or machine | |
| Synonyms: | glitch | |
| Related terms: | defect | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (zoology) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | |
| Synonyms: | hemipteran hemipteron hemipterous_insect | |
| Related terms: | insect lygaeid true_bug coreid_bug bedbug backswimmer leaf_bug Hemiptera | |
| 6. | [ verb ] tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | |
| Synonyms: | tap intercept wiretap | |
| Examples: | "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy" "Is this hotel room bugged?" |
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| Related terms: | listen_in phone_tapper wiretap | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (biology) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | |
| Synonyms: | germ microbe | |
| Related terms: | microorganism | |
| Similar spelling: |
Bugg Buggs buggy bus buzz Buch buck Bucy Buis bush buss busy Buse Busch Busey Bucey Buice bushy Buske Bucks Bucko Busse Bucio Bucci |
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