bug
noun
[ bʌɡ ]
• a harmful microorganism, typically a bacterium.
• "their ham was found to be contaminated with food bugs"
• a small insect.
• "a thick green scum which crawls with bugs, centipedes, and worse"
• an insect of a large order distinguished by having mouthparts that are modified for piercing and sucking.
• a concealed miniature microphone, used for secret eavesdropping or recording.
• "they cleaned out the bugs and wiretaps"
• an error in a computer program or system.
• "a custom program we used developed a bug"
Similar:
fault,
error,
defect,
flaw,
imperfection,
failing,
breakdown,
virus,
glitch,
gremlin,
snarl-up,
bug
verb
• conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly.
• annoy or bother (someone).
• "a persistent reporter was bugging me"
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
vex,
make angry,
make cross,
anger,
exasperate,
irk,
gall,
pique,
put out,
displease,
get/put someone's back up,
antagonize,
get on someone's nerves,
rub up the wrong way,
ruffle,
ruffle someone's feathers,
make someone's hackles rise,
raise someone's hackles,
enrage,
infuriate,
madden,
make someone's blood boil,
drive to distraction,
goad,
provoke,
aggravate,
peeve,
hassle,
miff,
rile,
nettle,
needle,
get,
get to,
hack off,
get under someone's skin,
get in someone's hair,
get someone's goat,
rattle someone's cage,
drive mad/crazy,
drive round the bend/twist,
drive up the wall,
make someone see red,
wind up,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
get up someone's nose,
give someone the hump,
tee off,
tick off,
burn up,
rankle,
ride,
gravel,
bum out,
rark,
give someone the pip,
get someone's dander up,
exacerbate,
hump,
rasp,
piss off,
get on someone's tits,
Origin:
early 17th century: of unknown origin. Current verb senses date from the mid 20th century.
