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Buggy Common

Buggy has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

"The old-fashioned buggy rattled down the dirt road, pulled steadily by a single white horse."

2

A small horse-drawn cart.

"The old buggy creaked softly as it rolled down the dusty country lane toward the barn."

Adjective
1

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

"it used to drive my husband balmy"

2

infested with bugs

"The old barn was so buggy that we couldn't even sit in the porch without being bitten by mosquitoes and fleas."

3

Infested with insects

"After leaving the fields open all summer, the old shed became a buggy haven for mosquitoes and flies."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
carriage

Origin

The origin of the word buggy is unknown. Its earliest meaning referred to a light carriage with two wheels, but even that definition does not explain where the term came from.

Rhyming Words
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