[
  {
    "word": "bug",
    "phonetic": "/b\u028c\u0261/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u028c\u0261/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/bug-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=825511",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An insect of the order Hemiptera (the \u201ctrue bugs\u201d).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "These flies are a bother. I\u2019ll get some bug spray and kill them."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.",
            "synonyms": [
              "defect",
              "glitch"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He\u2019s got the flu bug."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An enthusiasm for something; an obsession",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We installed a bug in her telephone."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He suspected the image was a Web bug used for determining who was visiting the site."
          },
          {
            "definition": "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",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Channel 4's bug distracted Jim from his favorite show."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A semi-automated telegraph key.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.",
            "synonyms": [
              "bog",
              "bogey",
              "boggard",
              "boggle",
              "bogle",
              "bugbear"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(\"the bug\") HIV.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A trilobite.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A young apprentice jockey.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bog",
          "bogey",
          "boggard",
          "boggle",
          "bogle",
          "bugbear",
          "defect",
          "glitch"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To annoy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don\u2019t bug me, I\u2019m busy!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To install an electronic listening device or devices in.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We need to know what\u2019s going on. We\u2019ll bug his house."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.",
            "synonyms": [
              "bug"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bug"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bug",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oil%20bug"
    ]
  }
]