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bug

bug bugged bug·ging : to plant a concealed microphone in [ an office] compare eavesdrop, wiretap ...


millennium bug

An error in the coding of certain computer programs which store the year component of the date as two digits assuming that the first two digits are 19 rather than as a complete number of four digits when such programs are used after January 1 2000 the date may be misinterpreted causing serious errors or total failure of the program called also year 2000 bug year 2000 problem and Y2K bug...


Croton bug

A small active winged species of cockroach Ectobia Germanica the water bug It is common aboard ships and in houses in cities esp in those with hot water pipes called also the German cockroach...


Coreidae

a natural family containing the squash bugs and leaf footed bugs...


eavesdrop

eavesdrop eaves·dropped eaves·drop·ping : to listen secretly to what is being said in private without the consent of the speaker compare bug, wiretap eaves·drop·per n ...


wiretap

wiretap -tapped -tap·ping vi : to engage in wiretapping [had probable cause to ] vt : to interpret through wiretapping [a wiretapped telephone conversation] ;also : to connect to the telephone line of for the purpose of wiretapping [wiretapped her home] compare bug, eavesdrop n 1 : an act or instance of wiretapping [we have held previously that s are a form of a search "Whack v. State, 615 A.2d 1226 (1992)"] 2 : an electrical connection for wiretapping compare pen register ...


backswimmer

any of numerous predaceous aquatic insects of the family Notonectidae such as Notonecta undulata that swim on their backs and may inflict painful bites also called boat bug...


Blissus

a genus comprising the chinch bugs See chinch 2...


Boat bug

An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta so called from swimming on its back which gives it the appearance of a little boat Called also boat fly boat insect boatman and water boatman...


Bug

A bugbear anything which terrifies...


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