What's The Definition Of Bug?
[n] a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
[n] general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
[n] insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
[n] a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
[n] a fault or defect in a system or machine
[v] annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
[v] 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 | Synonyms for Bug: badger |
beleaguer |
germ |
glitch |
harass |
hemipteran |
hemipteron |
hemipterous insect |
intercept |
microbe |
pester |
tap |
tease |
wiretap
Related Terms | Find terms related to Bug: abrade |
addict |
addle |
addle the wits |
adenovirus |
aerobe |
aerobic bacteria |
aficionado |
aggravate |
agitate |
ALGOL |
alphabetic data |
alphanumeric code |
amoeba |
anaerobe |
anaerobic bacteria |
angular data |
annoy |
apply pressure |
arachnid |
arthropod |
assembler |
attend |
attend to |
auscultate |
bacillus |
bacteria |
bacterium |
badger |
bag |
bait |
ball up |
balloon |
be all ears |
be at |
becloud |
bedazzle |
bedevil |
beetle |
befuddle |
belly |
belly out |
bend an ear |
beset |
besiege |
bewilder |
bigot |
bilge |
billow |
binary digit |
binary scale |
binary system |
bit |
blandish |
blemish |
bogey |
bogeyman |
boggart |
bogle |
booger |
boogerman |
boogeyman |
bother |
bouge |
bristle |
brown off |
buff |
bugaboo |
bugbear |
bugger |
bulge |
bullyrag |
burn up |
buttonhole |
byte |
cajole |
carp at |
case |
catch |
caterpillar |
centipede |
chafe |
chilopod |
chivy |
cloud |
coax |
COBOL |
coccus |
cock the ears |
collector |
command pulses |
commands |
compiler |
computer code |
computer language |
computer program |
confuse |
control signals |
controlled quantity |
convulse |
correcting signals |
crack |
crank |
craze |
crazy fancy |
daddy longlegs |
data |
daze |
dazzle |
defect |
defection |
deficiency |
demon |
devil |
devotee |
dilate |
diplopod |
discombobulate |
discomfit |
discompose |
disconcert |
disease-producing microorganism |
disorganize |
disorient |
distemper |
distend |
distract |
disturb |
dog |
drawback |
dun |
eager beaver |
eavesdrop |
echovirus |
embarrass |
embroil |
energumen |
entangle |
enterovirus |
enthusiasm |
enthusiast |
error |
error signals |
examine by ear |
exasperate |
exercise |
exert pressure |
faddist |
failing |
failure |
fan |
fanatic |
fanatico |
fascination |
fash |
fault |
faute |
feedback pulses |
feedback signals |
fee-faw-fum |
fiend |
film data |
filterable virus |
flaw |
flummox |
flurry |
fluster |
flutter |
fly |
fog |
foible |
FORTRAN |
frailty |
freak |
fret |
fret at |
fuddle |
fungus |
furor |
furore |
fuss |
fuss at |
gall |
germ |
get |
give attention |
give audience to |
give ear |
goggle |
gram-negative bacteria |
gram-positive bacteria |
great one for |
gripe |
harass |
hark |
harry |
harvestman |
hassle |
hear |
hear out |
hearken |
heckle |
hector |
heed |
henpeck |
hexadecimal system |
hexapod |
hobbyist |
hole |
hound |
imperfection |
importune |
inadequacy |
infatuate |
infatuation |
infirmity |
information |
input data |
input quantity |
insect |
instructions |
intercept |
irk |
kink |
larva |
lend an ear |
listen |
listen at |
listen in |
listen to |
little problem |
lunatic fringe |
machine language |
maggot |
make a reconnaissance |
mania |
maniac |
manic-depressive psychosis |
maze |
message |
microbe |
microorganism |
microphone |
miff |
mike |
millepede |
millipede |
mist |
mite |
mix up |
moider |
mold |
molest |
monomaniac |
muddle |
multiple messages |
Mumbo Jumbo |
nag |
nag at |
needle |
nettle |
nibble at |
noise |
nonfilterable virus |
nudzh |
numeric data |
nut |
nymph |
octal system |
oscillograph data |
output data |
output quantity |
passion |
pathogen |
peck at |
peep |
peeve |
perplex |
persecute |
perturb |
pester |
pick at |
pick on |
picornavirus |
pique |
plague |
play |
play the spy |
pluck the beard |
ply |
polar data |
pooch |
pop |
pother |
pouch |
pout |
press |
pressure |
problem |
protozoa |
protozoon |
provoke |
psych |
punch-card data |
pursuer |
push |
put out |
put under surveillance |
radiomicrophone |
rage |
raise hell |
random data |
rattle |
reconnoiter |
rectangular data |
reference quantity |
reovirus |
rhapsodist |
rhinovirus |
rickettsia |
ride |
rift |
rile |
roil |
round out |
ruffle |
ruly English |
scorpion |
scout |
scout out |
shortcoming |
signals |
single messages |
sit in on |
snag |
something missing |
spider |
spirillum |
spirochete |
spook |
spore |
spy |
spy out |
stake out |
staphylococcus |
streptococcus |
sucker for |
swell |
swell out |
taint |
tap |
tarantula |
tease |
throw |
throw into confusion |
tick |
torment |
trouble |
try the patience |
trypanosome |
tweak the nose |
unorganized data |
unsettle |
upset |
urge |
vex |
vibrio |
virus |
visible-speech data |
visionary |
vulnerable place |
watch |
weak link |
weak point |
weakness |
wheedle |
wiretap |
work on |
worry |
yap at |
zealot
See Also | backswimmer |
bed bug |
bedbug |
bedevil |
chinch |
Cimex lectularius |
coreid |
coreid bug |
crucify |
defect |
dun |
eavesdrop |
fault |
flaw |
frustrate |
Hemiptera |
insect |
leaf bug |
listen in |
lygaeid |
lygaeid bug |
microorganism |
microphone |
mike |
Notonecta undulata |
order Hemiptera |
plant bug |
rag |
torment |
true bug
Bug In Webster's Dictionary
\Bug\, n. [OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin,
scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. {Bogey}, {Boggle}.]
1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. [Obs.]
Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would
fright me with I seek. --Shak.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A general name applied to various insects
belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch
bug, etc.
3. (Zo["o]l.) An insect of the genus {Cimex}, especially the
bedbug ({C. lectularius}). See {Bedbug}.
4. (Zo["o]l.) One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the
ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow
bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Note: According to present popular usage in England, and
among housekeepers in America, bug, when not joined
with some qualifying word, is used specifically for
bedbug. As a general term it is used very loosely in
America, and was formerly used still more loosely in
England. ``God's rare workmanship in the ant, the
poorest bug that creeps.'' --Rogers (--Naaman). ``This
bug with gilded wings.'' --Pope.
{Bait bug}. See under {Bait}.
{Bug word}, swaggering or threatening language. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
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