Dictionary Entry

bug

bug is a 3-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A bugbear; anything which terrifies. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses

Definitions

1noun
A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
2noun
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
3noun
An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
4noun
One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
5noun
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
6noun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Synonyms
germ microbe
7noun
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
8noun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Synonyms
hemipteran hemipteron
9noun
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
10noun
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
Synonyms
glitch
11verb
annoy persistently
"The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
Synonyms
badger beleaguer pester tease
12verb
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
intercept tap wiretap

Synonyms

germ microbe hemipteran hemipteron glitch badger beleaguer pester tease intercept tap wiretap

Common word forms

bugs bugged bugger bugging

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