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Webster 1913 Edition
Buggy
Bug′gy
,Noun.
pl.
Buggies
. 1.
A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle.
[Eng.]
Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a
buggy
. Beaconsfield.
2.
A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top.
[U.S.]
Buggy cultivator
, a cultivator with a seat for the driver.
– Buggy plow
, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; – called also
sulky plow
.Webster 1828 Edition
Buggy
BUG'GY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
buggy
buggy
See also: Buggy
English
A horse and buggy.
A dune buggy.
Noun
buggy (plural buggies)
- A small horse-drawn cart.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
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- A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
- (Britain) A pushchair; a stroller.
- (Canada, Southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.
Synonyms
- (pushchair): stroller
Translations
A small horse-drawn cart
A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy
pushchair — see pushchair
A shopping cart or trolley
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Adjective
buggy (comparative buggier, superlative buggiest)
- Infested with insects
- (computing) Containing programming errors
- This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
- Resembling an insect
Derived terms
- baby buggy
- bugginess
- buggy eyes