Bug (Verb)
Meaning 1
Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information; "The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy"; "Is this hotel room bugged?".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The police suspected her of being involved and decided to bug her phone for further investigation.
- The government agent was tasked with tapping into the communication lines to gather top-secret information.
- If we don't get to the meeting point soon, the mole will bug the whole operation.
- Detectives bugged her office in the attempt to gather incriminating evidence against the suspect.
- They accused the management team of the large corporation of bugging their personal emails to gain leverage over employees.
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Meaning 2
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- Her little brother bugs me all the time by pulling my hair.
- The neighbor's constant complaining bugs my husband every time he talks to him.
- She bugs her parents every day about getting a new dog.
- The sound of the dripping faucet bugs me whenever I try to sleep.
- Her coworker bugs her every hour to ask when the project will be done.