buggy
pronunciation
How to pronounce buggy in British English:
UK [ˈbʌgi]
How to pronounce buggy in American English:
US [ˈbʌɡi]
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- Noun:
- a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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- Adjective:
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- infested with bugs
Word Origin
- buggy (n.)
- "light carriage," 1773, of unknown origin. Extended to baby carriages by 1890.
- buggy (adj.)
- "infested with bugs," 1774, from bug (n.) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. There isn 't much call for buggy whips today .
- 2. She put her little daughter in the buggy .
- 3. He was sitting in his buggy in the hall , his face , hands and clothes smeared with chocolate .
- 4. It is great that you can get a buggy from the lounge to the gate easily .
- 5. So , jobs 's objection was not really about buggy software causing needless crashes-though , heaven knows , flash certainly causes its share .