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