Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bug | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tap | Yes | No | Yes | No |
bug (noun) | tap (noun) |
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insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | a light touch or stroke |
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information |
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask |
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly | a plug for a bunghole in a cask |
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads |
a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) | |
the sound made by a gentle blow | |
a gentle blow |
bug (verb) | tap (verb) |
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annoy persistently | make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently |
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | draw from; make good use of |
strike lightly | |
cut a female screw thread with a tap | |
pierce in order to draw a liquid from | |
walk with a tapping sound | |
dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | |
draw (liquor) from a tap | |
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | |
make light, repeated taps on a surface | |
draw from or dip into to get something | |
furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it |