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Definition of bug

"bug" in the noun sense

1. bug

general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

2. bug, glitch

a fault or defect in a computer program, 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

"bug" in the verb sense

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?"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for bug

Snug as a bug in a rug. [ The Stratford Jubilee ]

You take every bush for a bug-bear. [ Proverb ]

Next, over his books his eyes began to roll,
In pleasing memory of all he stole.
How here he sipped, how there he plundered snug,
And sucked all over, like an industrious bug. [ Pope ]

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. [ Mark Twain ]

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bug in Scrabble®

The word bug is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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bug in Words With Friends™

The word bug is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of bug

3 letter words in bug (1 word)

bug

bug + 1 blank (2 words)

bugsgrub

bug + 2 blanks (15 words)

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Word Growth involving bug

Shorter words in bug

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Longer words containing bug

bedbug bedbugs

bugbane bugbanes

bugbear bugbeardom

bugbear bugbearish

bugbear bugbears

bugbite bugbites

bugeye bugeyed

bugeye bugeyes

bugged debugged undebugged

bugged humbugged

bugged jitterbugged

bugger buggered

bugger buggering

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bughouse bughouses

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debug debugged undebugged

debug debugger debuggers

debug debugging

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jitterbug jitterbugged

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ladybug ladybugs

lightningbug lightningbugs

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