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BUGGY (buggier, buggiest)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buggy mean?
• BUGGY (noun)
The noun BUGGY has 1 sense:
1. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
Familiarity information: BUGGY used as a noun is very rare.
• BUGGY (adjective)
The adjective BUGGY has 2 senses:
1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Familiarity information: BUGGY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
buggy; roadster
Hypernyms ("buggy" is a kind of...):
carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)
Declension: comparative and superlative |
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Synonyms:
around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky
Context example:
it used to drive my husband balmy
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Infested with bugs
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
Derivation:
bug (general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate)
bugginess (the state of having bugs)
Context examples
The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when 'the party went out'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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