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[ buhg-ee ] / ˈbʌg i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR buggy ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural bug·gies.a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage with a single seat and a transverse spring. (in India) a light, two-wheeled carriage with a folding top. baby carriage. Older Slang. an automobile, especially an old or dilapidated one. a small wagon or truck for transporting heavy materials, as coal in a mine or freshly mixed concrete at a construction site, for short distances. Metallurgy. a car, as for transporting ingots or charges for open-hearth furnaces. any of various small vehicles adapted for use on a given terrain, as on sand beaches or swamps. British. a light, two-wheeled, open carriage. Origin of buggy1First recorded in 1765–75; of obscure origin Words nearby buggybugger about, bugger-all, bugger off, buggery, Buggin's turn, buggy, bughouse, Bughouse Square, Buginese, bug-juice, bugle Definition for buggy (2 of 2)[ buhg-ee ] / ˈbʌg i /
adjective, bug·gi·er, bug·gi·est.infested with bugs. Slang. crazy; insane; peculiar. Origin of buggy2First recorded in 1705–15; bug1 + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM buggybug·gi·ness, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buggyFord began tinkering in his garage in Detroit in the 1890s, trains and the horse and buggy was the dominant mode of transport. From the Model T to the Model S|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST But the programs were buggy and often prone to false positives, alerting a network administrator too often to routine behavior. Catching the Next WikiLeaker|Eli Lake|October 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST Some people believe it is only a matter of time until all bookstores go the way of the horse and buggy. Ode to the Bookstore|John Avlon|October 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST As illustrated in this publication, we have already landed on it and driven across it in a buggy. Man on the Moon|The Daily Beast|July 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST
"I might as well put them in the buggy for him now," said he. Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm|Helen Fuller Orton There is a gentleman up-stairs who wants to send back a buggy to Brooks' stable. Bernard Brooks' Adventures|Horatio Alger, Jr. She settled back in the buggy, and Baird also chose a more negligent attitude. Nobody's Child|Elizabeth Dejeans But Miss Fairlee, the Commission lady, laughed until she had to grip the side of the buggy for support. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road|Hildegard G. Frey Fortune favoured Elizabeth in getting home with the horse and buggy. The Wind Before the Dawn|Dell H. Munger
British Dictionary definitions for buggy (1 of 2)
noun plural -giesa light horse-drawn carriage having either four wheels (esp in the US and Canada) or two wheels (esp in Britain and India) short for beach buggy short for Baby Buggy See baby carriage a small motorized vehicle designed for a particular purposegolf buggy; moon buggy Word Origin for buggyC18: of unknown origin British Dictionary definitions for buggy (2 of 2)
adjective -gier or -giestinfested with bugs US slang insane informal (of a system or machine, esp a computer program) containing errors or faults Derived forms of buggybugginess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to buggywagon, cart, vehicle, caboose, shay, pram, demented, foolish, infested, nutty |