ENGLISH: bug - CREOLE: ensèk



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, 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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