bug

[ US /ˈbəɡ/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌɡ/ ]

VERB

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?
annoy persistently
The children teased the boy because of his stammer

NOUN

insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

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How To Use bug In A Sentence

The poor bugger has nowhere else to sleep.
Sophie's more casual outfit consists of a black Powerline stretch sleeveless top, Kismet's own label sarong, and an orange, multi-strand bugle bead bracelet.
A fellow treats himself and his true love to dinner, a bottle and a night at the bug house at the end of another week of hard work and dutiful child-rearing, comes home happy and at peace, and what does he find?
De Forest had only one seat to his buggy, and it was rather irksome to be conveying two ladies around all the time. The Expressman and the Detective
And there's the very useful little beetle we call the ladybug, which is not a bug, but a beetle. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
A nasty flu bug's going round at the moment.
About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.
But going back to the days when I was seeing these epics first time round, in the fleapits and bug-hutches of south-east Leeds - most of them converted music halls or disused chapels - we didn't give a hoot what the title of the film was.
In addition to the usual bug fixes, the update is said to add not only a web browser and an email program, but a word processor and a spreadsheet.
But new national guidelines say the lack of a filtration system and automatic chemical treatment can lead to the development of the cryptosporidium bug, which can cause severe gastro-intestinal infections.

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