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How to pronounce bug in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms intercept, tap, wiretap
Type of listen in, eavesdrop


Is this hotel room bugged?.
Type Words
Synonyms hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
Type of insect
Has types backswimmer, bedbug, bed bug, notonecta undulata, leaf bug, lygaeid bug, coreid, cimex lectularius, chinch, lygaeid, plant bug, true bug, coreid bug
Type Words
Synonyms glitch
Type of defect, flaw, fault
Type Words
Synonyms germ, microbe
Type of micro-organism, microorganism
Type Words
Synonyms badger, beleaguer, pester, tease
Type of crucify, bedevil, frustrate, rag, torment, dun
Type Words
Type of mic, microphone, mike
Type Words
Type of insect
Derivation buggy

Examples of bug

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The Royals have been fighting the injury bug for weeks, particularly on defense.
From the dailyherald.com
Soon thereafter they noticed another bug, which they quickly released a fix for.
From the techcrunch.com
I like to stomp on them, thinking of all the stink bug babies I have eliminated.
From the post-gazette.com
The Y2K bug was a good example, with 98% of the perceived problems non-existent.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Well, for starters, this guy wasn't some groupie you could flick off like a bug.
From the ocregister.com
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wants to shut up about Viet Nam but they bug him with it.
From the time.com
Dooley audited several of their classes, and he was bitten by the gardening bug.
From the kentucky.com
They can even eat in a cafe where bug chefs cook up free samples of bug cuisine.
From the sltrib.com
Korus was healthy but now others like Cortez were getting bit by the injury bug.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
  • Tease: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  • A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
  • Wiretap: 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?"
  • A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
  • Hemipterous insect: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
  • Bug! was a 3D rendered platform/adventure video game developed for the Sega Saturn. Released in 1995 in North America, Japan and Europe, it was one of the earliest 3D platform games. It was later ported to Windows 3. ...
  • Bug is a 1975 American horror film starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by William Castle and Thomas Page, from Page's 1973 novel The Hephaestus Plague. It was the last film Castle was involved in before his death.
  • Bug is a 2002 American comedy film, directed by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. It was released on February 28, 2002.