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BUGGY (buggier, buggiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: buggier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, buggiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does buggy mean? 

BUGGY (noun)
  The noun BUGGY has 1 sense:

1. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horseplay

  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 irregularplay

2. infested with bugsplay

  Familiarity information: BUGGY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUGGY (noun)


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)


BUGGY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: buggier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: buggiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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