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bug

[buhg] / bʌg /
NOUN
bacterium, microorganism
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VERB
listen to without permission
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Example Sentences

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"I think I went a bit blank, if I'm very honest. She can't really be saying these words to me. This is a tummy bug," she said.

From BBC

A whippoorwill called from the distance, bugs dive-bombed my ears, and I stood in the middle of Grandpa Jimmy’s alfalfa field, stalks up to my elbows.

From Literature

“There’s just one thing that keeps bugging me,” I say.

From Literature

I typically ran into the bug when typing at my fastest, or after a long string of mistyped letters.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a feature, not a bug: Financial innovation is often an adaptation to regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal