Definition of bug

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• bug is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• bug is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• bug is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of bug

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information (verb)

  Examples

  1. Is this hotel room bugged?

  Synonyms

  1. intercept
  2. tap
  3. wiretap
• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. hemipteran
  2. hemipteron
  3. hemipterous insect
• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. glitch
• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. germ
  2. microbe
• annoy persistently (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. badger
  2. beleaguer
  3. pester
  4. tease
• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly (noun)
• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (noun)

See definition of bug in Merriam Webster