Main entry: microbe, bug, germ
Definition: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Main entry: bug
Definition: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
Main entry: bug, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
Definition: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Main entry: bug
Definition: a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
Definition: a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
Main entry: beleaguer, badger, bug, pester, tease
Definition: annoy persistently
Usage: The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Main entry: wiretap, tap, bug, intercept
Definition: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
Usage: The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy; Is this hotel room bugged?