All bug synonyms
bug
B b noun bug
- microbe β a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- virus β an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- disease β a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- infection β an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- germ β a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- pest β a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest)
- ant β Ants are small crawling insects that live in large groups.
- flea β any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- breakdown β The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- flaw β Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
- defect β A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- bacillus β A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
- vermin β noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.
- louse β any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- gnat β any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- cootie β Cooties are the same as lice.
- rage β angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- zeal β fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- mania β an ancient Roman goddess of the dead.
- craze β If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- fad β a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- hitch β to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
verb bug
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- pester β to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- irk β to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- wiretap β an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- nettle β any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- abrade β To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- badger β A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
- spy β a person employed by a government to obtain secret information or intelligence about another, usually hostile, country, especially with reference to military or naval affairs.
- tap β Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- eavesdrop β to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- overhear β to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying.
- listen in β to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.