bug


bug (http://definr.com/bug)

     n 1: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling
          invertebrate
     2: a fault or defect in a system or machine [syn: glitch]
     3: a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
     4: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and
        leathery at the base; usually show incomplete
        metamorphosis [syn: hemipterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron]
     5: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium);
        the term is not in technical use [syn: microbe, germ]
     v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
          his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, harass, pester,
           beleaguer]
     2:  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?" [syn: wiretap, tap, intercept]