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bug·gy 1  (bg)
n. pl. bug·gies
1. A small, light, one-horse carriage usually having four wheels in the United States and two wheels in Great Britain.
2. A baby carriage.
3. A passenger or recreational vehicle, usually with oversized tires, designed for off-road use.
4. Informal An automobile.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S. A shopping cart, especially for groceries.

[Origin unknown.]

bug·gy 2  (bg)
adj. bug·gi·er, bug·gi·est
1. Infested with bugs.
2. Slang Crazy.

buggi·ness n.

buggy1
n pl -gies
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a light horse-drawn carriage having either four wheels (esp in the US and Canada) or two wheels (esp in Britain and India)
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) short for beach buggy
3. short for baby buggy
4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a small motorized vehicle designed for a particular purpose golf buggy moon buggy
[of unknown origin]

buggy2
adj -gier, -giest
1. infested with bugs
2. US slang insane
bugginess  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.buggy - a small lightweight carriagebuggy - a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
carriage, equipage, rig - a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
Adj.1.buggy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregularbuggy - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
2.buggy - infested with bugs
dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
Translations
buggy [ˈbʌgɪ] N
1. (also baby buggy) (Brit) (= pushchair) → sillita f de paseo (US) (= pram) → cochecito m (de niño)
2. (horse-drawn) → calesa f
3. (Golf) → cochecito m
see also beach, moon

buggy [ˈbʌgi] n
(= pram) → landau m
(= carriage) → boghei m

buggy
n (with horse) → Buggy m, → leichter Einspänner; (baby) buggy (Brit) → Sportwagen m; (US) → Kinderwagen m

buggy [ˈbʌgɪ] n (also baby buggy) → passeggino; (cart, two-wheeled) → calesse m; (four-wheeled) → baghero

buggy
n buggy [ˈbagi]
a light, open, one-horse vehicle. bokkie, oop karretjie عَرَبَةُ الحِصان кабриолет bryčka kærre leichter Wagen μόνιππο αμάξι calesa ühehobusevanker کالسکه یک اسبه rattaat boghei עֶגלַת תִּינוֹק घोड़ागाड़ी laka kočija na dva kotača homokfutó kereta satu kuda beroda empat calesse 軽装四輪車 말 한 필이 끄는 경마차 vežimėlis nelieli, viegli rati kereta kuda buggy karjol, hestevogn powozik charrete trăsură cu un cal кабриолет brička lahka kočija jednopreg enspann รถม้าขนาดเล็กไม่มีหลังคาและประตู payton (單馬拉的)輕型馬車 кабріолет چھوٹی کھلی گھوڑا گاڑی xe độc mã 便

buggy عربة صغيرة خفيفة kočárek klapvogn Buggy τετράτροχο μόνιππο carrito rattaat poussette dječja kolica passeggino 一頭立て軽装馬車 경마차 buggy paraplytrille wózek carrinho de bebé, carrinho de bebê легкий экипаж barnvagn รถเล็กไม่มีประตู at arabası xe đẩy trẻ em 轻型马车


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