buggy
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buggy¹
- /ˈbʌ.ɡi/ UK
Rhymes with -ʌɡi
Where it comes from
Origin unknown.
noun buggies
- A small horse-drawn cart. 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.
- A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy. I casually let this information drop as our concierge drives us through the resort in a buggy, a frangipani flower tucked behind his ear. He promises to fix the bug problem and drops us off at the lobby.
- A hearse. 1920's arr: Jimmie Rogers Frankie and Johnnie Bring out the rubber tired buggy/Bring out the rubber tired hack/I'm takin' my Johnny to the graveyard/But I ain't gonna bring him back
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A pushchair; a stroller.
The wider station upgrade has provided lifts to the Piccadilly and Victoria lines, as well as Network Rail platforms, to make it easier for passengers with mobility needs, buggies or heavy luggage to use London Underground.
Similar: stroller
- A shopping cart or trolley.
buggy²
- /ˈbʌ.ɡi/ UK
Rhymes with -ʌɡi
adjective buggier · buggiest
- Infested with insects.
- Containing programming errors. This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
- Resembling an insect.
- Crazy; bughouse. You have to help me get out of here. They want to keep me longer, but I can't stay. This place is driving me buggy.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: roadster, crackers, haywire, loopy, cracked, balmy, soiled, unclean, fruity, nutty, dirty, nuts, wacky, dotty, daft, insane
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