BUGGY

buggy

(adjective) infested with bugs

balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky

(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”

buggy, roadster

(noun) a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

buggy (plural buggies)

A small horse-drawn cart.

A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.

A hearse.

(UK) A pushchair; a stroller.

(Canada, southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.

Synonyms

• (pushchair): stroller

Adjective

buggy (comparative buggier, superlative buggiest)

Infested with insects

(computing) Containing programming errors

Resembling an insect

(slang) Crazy; bughouse

Source: Wiktionary


Bug"gy, a. Etym: [From Bug.]

Definition: Infested or abounding with bugs.

Bug"gy, n.; 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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