bug

bug has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• n.. A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
• n.. A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
• n.. An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
• n.. One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
• n.. One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
• 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 computer program, 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?"