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bugged

adjective

1 bugged

Having hidden electronic eavesdropping devices.


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bug

noun

1 bug

General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.

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Polish: insekt

2 bug

A fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine.

synonym: glitch.

Polish: pluskwa

3 bug

A small hidden microphone; for listening secretly.

Polish: mikrofon szpiegowski

4 bug

Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.

synonyms: hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect.

Dutch: wants

5 bug

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

synonyms: germ, microbe.

Dutch: insect, beestje, microbe, zaadkiem
Polish: bakcyl

verb

1 bug

Annoy persistently.

synonyms: badger, beleaguer, pester, tease.

Dutch: plagen, pesten

2 bug

Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information:
— Is this hotel room bugged?.

synonyms: intercept, tap, wiretap.


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