Bugging

/ˈbʌɡɪŋ/

Synonyms for "bugging" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(6 words)

annoy annoyance annoying bother bothersome corrupt

attention audience audition conference

Strong matches (14)

counterespionage counterintelligence ear espial espionage following hearing intelligenceintelligence work

Noun(4 words)

covert eavesdropping harassment inject

Verb(1 words)

eavesdropped

Related words (23)

interview listening observationsecret policesecret serviceshadowing spying stakeout tailing trailing tryout

Noun(12 words)

irritate irritating nag pestering sabotage secretivespy onsurreptitious surveil surveillance vexing wiretap

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries

act action behavior defect errorevaluative adjectivefault investigation monitoring surveillancesurveillance descriptor

More specific

15 entries

bug introductionbugging devicecode corruptioncovert recordingeavesdroppingfault injectionfrustrating harassmenthidden miclistening devicenagging pesteringphone tappingwiretap devicewiretapping

Collocations

14 entries

bugging activitybugging devicebugging evidencebugging incidentbugging reportbugging softwarebugging suspecthidden micincessant bugginglistening devicepersistent buggingsurveillance buggingunwanted buggingwiretap device

Inflections

3 entries

bugged buggings bugs

Derivations

6 entries

bug bugged buggily bugginess buggy bugs

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Stop bugging me with your annoying questions!

Source: tatoeba (62984)

Stop bugging me. I'm busy.

Source: tatoeba (431532)

I have an ingrown toenail that's bugging the shit out of me.

Source: tatoeba (593663)

Mom! Hector's bugging me!

Source: tatoeba (911157)

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