bug

general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

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?"