A colloquial name for an insect. (These flies are a bother. I'll get some bug spray and kill them.)
A problem that needs fixing. (The program has a bug in it.)
An illness. (He's got the flu bug.)
An enthusiasm for something. (I think he's a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.)
An electronic listening device. (We installed a bug in her telephone.)
A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it. (He suspected the image was a web bug used for detrmining who was visiting the site.)
A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it. (He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen.)