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Synonyms for Bug
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  1. bugnoun

    Synonyms:
    Buh

  2. bugnoun

    A manually positioned marker in flight instruments

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  3. bugnoun

    A semi-automated telegraph key

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  4. bugnoun

    The HIV.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  5. Bugnoun

    To annoy.

    Don’t bug me, I’m busy!

    Synonyms:
    wiretap, Buh

  6. bugnoun

    To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

    These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.

    Synonyms:
    Buh, wiretap

  7. bugnoun

    Various species of marine crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  8. bugnoun

    A problem that needs fixing, especially in computing.

    The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 5.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  9. bugnoun

    A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it

    He’s got the flu bug.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  10. bugnoun

    An enthusiasm for something; an obsession

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  11. bugnoun

    An electronic intercept device

    We installed a bug in her telephone

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  12. bugnoun

    A small and and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.

    He suspected the image was a web bug used for determining who was visiting the site.

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

  13. bugnoun

    A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it

    Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show

    Synonyms:
    wiretap

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. bugnoun

    general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

    Synonyms:
    hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, microbe, hemipteran

  2. bug, glitchnoun

    a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

    Synonyms:
    hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, bug, microbe, hemipteran

  3. bugnoun

    a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

    Synonyms:
    hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteron, germ, microbe, hemipteran

  4. hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteronnoun

    insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

    Synonyms:
    hemipterous insect, glitch, hemipteran, hemipteron, germ, bug, microbe

  5. microbe, bug, germverb

    a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

    Synonyms:
    seed, hemipteran, hemipterous insect, bug, glitch, germ, source, microbe, hemipteron

  6. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguerverb

    annoy persistently

    "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

    Synonyms:
    bait, badger, taunt, surround, tease, fluff, loosen, tap, wiretap, circumvent, bug, twit, tease apart, intercept, cod, tantalize, tantalise, besiege, ride, rag, card, razz, beleaguer, hem in, pester, rally

  7. wiretap, tap, intercept, bugverb

    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?"

    Synonyms:
    solicit, tease, exploit, wiretap, tip, rap, badger, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, stop, beleaguer, pester

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How to use Bug in a sentence?

  1. Duncan Jones:

    My dad was obviously prolific in music, but he also acted and I think I had the most fun when we were on film sets... I think I got the( directing) bug back then, because the musical gene did not express itself in the way one might have hoped, my main hobby with my dad was shooting little one-stop animations and I just always carried that interest in film.

  2. Christophe Lefever:

    We're covered in bug bites already.

  3. Photographer Daniel Kariko:

    That's what first attracted me to this, with the naked eye, you see the insect as brown bug. But when you enlarge it, you really see the wonderful colors that come from the process.

  4. Jim Kessler:

    Joe Biden... won the Democratic nomination and the presidency because Joe Biden was Joe Biden and, frankly, because Joe Biden could work with the other side, that wasn't a bug, that was a feature, and I expect that the majority of the people in Joe Biden Cabinet are going to be those who can work with the other side.

  5. Paul Ryan:

    When the vice president had his critics just going off the deep end, as they often do, he asked Lynne, his wife, ‘ Does it bug you when people refer to me as Darth Vader ? ’ And she said, ‘ No. It humanizes you, ’.


Translations for Bug

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  • goggaAfrikaans
  • بقArabic
  • бръмбар, буболечкаBulgarian
  • xinxa, mania, cuca, febre, defecte, errorCatalan, Valencian
  • štěnice, chyba, broukCzech
  • insektDanish
  • Wanze, Fehler, Bazillus, Ungeziefer, Logo, Schnabelkerf, Fieber, Mikrobe, Krabbeltier, Bug, Fehlfunktion, nerven, verwanzenGerman
  • ελάττωμα, σφάλμα, κοριός, ζωύφιο, ιός, τρώωGreek
  • cimoEsperanto
  • [[micrófono]] [[oculto]], chinche, passión, manía, bicho, molestar, [[colocar]] [[micrófono]]s [[oculto]]sSpanish
  • zomorro, insektuBasque
  • ساس, باگPersian
  • bugi, ötökkä, kärpänen, kuume, lude, salakuuntelulaite, logo, pöpö, kuuntelulaite, häiritä, asentaa salakuuntelulaite, ärsyttääFinnish
  • insecte, mouchard, microbe, traceur, bug, pixel de tracking, punaise, manie, bogue, écoute, virus, cigale de mer, micro, logo, embêter, emmerder, ennuyer, enquiquiner, agacerFrench
  • feithidIrish
  • באג, חרק, סמל, חידקHebrew
  • कीड़ाHindi
  • ensèkHaitian Creole
  • bogárHungarian
  • վրիպակArmenian
  • seranggaIndonesian
  • mania, passione, logo della rete, errore, morbo, cimice, malfunzionamento, bacarozzo, virus, insetto, batterio, microspia, intercettare, spiare, infastidire, scocciareItalian
  • ばい菌, バグ, 盗聴器, 不具合, 虫, 熱, 盗聴器を仕掛ける, 邪魔Japanese
  • សត្វល្អិតKhmer
  • 벌레, 버그Korean
  • bugLatin
  • kukainis, blaktisLatvian
  • infezzjoni, vajrus, bagg, insett żgħirMaltese
  • bug, beestje, insectDutch
  • feilNorwegian
  • chʼoshNavajo, Navaho
  • robak, byk, pluskwa, owad, logo, robal, [[podkładać]] [[pluskwa, [[założyć]] [[pluskwa, [[podłożyć]] [[pluskwa, wkurzać, [[zakładać]] [[pluskwaPolish
  • defeito, micróbio, erro, ânimo, bicho, falha, hemíptero, bichinho, grampo, bug, grampear, chatearPortuguese
  • gândac, microfon, gânganieRomanian
  • поветрие, вирус, клоп, вирусное заболевание, увлечение, насекомое, козявка, букашка, ошибка, жучок, баг, помешательство, инфекция, дефект, [[устанавливать]] [[аппаратура, доставать, надоедатьRussian
  • buba, mikrob, polukrilac, virus, bakterija, groznica, greška, kukac, insektSerbo-Croatian
  • zajedavska stenica, stenica, hrošč, žužek, živcirati, namestiti prisluškovalno napravoSlovene
  • bugg, kryp, buggaSwedish
  • பிழைTamil
  • แมลง, แมงThai
  • böcek, kızdırmakTurkish
  • клопUkrainian
  • بگUrdu
  • bọVietnamese
  • זשוקYiddish
  • 窃听器Chinese

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