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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bug Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bug Entailment of verb bug Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb bug 2 senses of bug Sense 1 tease, badger, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate Sense 2 wiretap, tap, intercept, bug => listen in eavesdrop Familiarity of verb bug bug used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bug Sense 1 tease, badger, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate -------------- Sense 2 wiretap, tap, intercept, bug => listen in eavesdrop -------------- Grep of noun bug assassin bug bed bug bedbug big bedbug boat bug bug bug-hunter bugaboo buganda bugbane bugbear bugger bugger all buggery bugginess buggy buggy whip bugle bugle call bugler bugleweed bugloss bugologist carpet bug chinch bug citrophilous mealybug citrophilus mealybug citrus mealybug comstock's mealybug comstock mealybug cone-nosed bug conenose bug coreid bug croton bug crotonbug doodlebug firebug four-lined leaf bug four-lined plant bug giant water bug humbug jitterbug june bug kissing bug lace bug ladybug leaf-foot bug leaf-footed bug leaf bug lightning bug litterbug lygaeid bug lygus bug may bug meadow spittlebug mealy bug mealybug mirid bug pill bug pine spittlebug plant bug potato bug redbug rose bug saratoga spittlebug shutterbug sow bug spittlebug squash bug superbug tarnished plant bug true bug tumblebug two-spotted ladybug water bug wheel bug Overview of noun bug The noun bug has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bug -- (general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate) 2. bug, glitch -- (a fault or defect in a system or machine) 3. bug -- (a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly) 4. hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron -- (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis) 5. microbe, bug, germ -- (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use) Overview of verb bug The verb bug has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) tease, badger, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer -- (annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer") 2. wiretap, tap, intercept, bug -- (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?") Overview of noun bug The noun bug has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bug -- (general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate) 2. bug, glitch -- (a fault or defect in a system or machine) 3. bug -- (a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly) 4. hemipterous insect, bug, hemipteran, hemipteron -- (insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis) 5. microbe, bug, germ -- (a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use) Overview of verb bug The verb bug has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) tease, badger, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer -- (annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer") 2. wiretap, tap, intercept, bug -- (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?")
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