bug
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(noun) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate |
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Related Words: insect |
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(noun) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly |
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Related Words: microphone, mike |
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(noun) a fault or defect in a system or machine |
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Synonyms: glitch |
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Related Words: defect, fault, flaw |
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(noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use |
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Synonyms: germ, microbe |
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Related Words: microorganism |
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(noun) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
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Synonyms: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect |
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Related Words: Cimex lectularius, Notonecta undulata, backswimmer, bed bug, bedbug, chinch, coreid, coreid bug, insect, leaf bug, lygaeid, lygaeid bug, plant bug, true bug |
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(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
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Synonyms: intercept, tap, wiretap |
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Related Words: eavesdrop, listen in |
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(verb) annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
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Synonyms: badger, beleaguer, harass, pester, tease |
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Related Words: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tantalize, torment |
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