noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
- There is a tiny bug crawling up your sleeve, so hold still.
- The children collected beetles and other bugs in a jar.
- A bug landed on the picnic table and everyone jumped.
noun An error or flaw in a computer program or piece of software.
- I reported a bug that makes the button stop responding on phones.
- The update fixed a bug that was crashing the app on startup.
- Testers found several bugs before the game's launch.
noun A minor, usually short-lived illness, or the germ that causes it.
- I can't come in today because I have caught some kind of bug.
- She stayed in bed for two days with a winter bug.
- Half the office caught the stomach bug going around.
noun A hidden device used to secretly record or transmit conversations.
- The police planted a bug in the suspect's car to hear his calls.
- Staff swept the boardroom for any hidden bug before the private meeting.
- The detective found a tiny bug hidden inside the lamp.
verb To annoy or irritate someone.
- Don't let your brother's teasing bug you; he is just after a reaction.
- What bugs you most about living in a big city?
- It really bugs me when people chew with their mouths open.
verb To secretly install a listening device somewhere.
- Someone had bugged the hotel room, so they spoke only in whispers.
- The spy novel begins when a journalist finds her phone has been bugged.
- The agency was accused of bugging the ambassador's office.
