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.
About 10,000 Irish patients contract the superbug each year.
But wait, that bugger is gone already, Too bad, so sad. The Volokh Conspiracy » Would “Deem & Pass” Survive Judicial Review?
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.
I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree. A Circuit Rider's Wife
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?
That debugged wonder machine then replaces the pedestrian, proven technology because it offers massive performance improvements and is now far more reliable. Would You Bring Back NGLT-or SLI? - NASA Watch
Launching a new drive against deadly superbugs, he will say people should not be afraid to challenge staff about hygiene. The Sun
The government last week put a crackdown on hospital cleanliness at the centre of its fight against the superbug MRSA, which kills an estimated 5,000 in-patients every year in the UK.
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

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