Unscramble bug

Definition of bug

noun:

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine. Synonyms: glitch.
• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly.
• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis. Synonyms: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect.
• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use. Synonyms: germ, microbe.

verb:

• annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer". Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease.
• 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.

Related words

backswimmer, bedbug, chinch, coreid, lygaeid.

Words nearby

aug, bag, beg, big, bog, bud, bum, bun, bung, bur, burg, bus, but, buy, dug, fug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, rug, tug.

Rhymes with

chug, debug, drug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, plug, pug, rug, shrug, slug, smug, snug, thug, tug, unplug.