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buggy

2 syllables · also buggier, buggiest
nounadjective
Quick answer

As a noun, buggy means a small horse-drawn cart. As an adjective, it means infested with insects.

Meanings of buggy

10 meanings

noun

  1. A small horse-drawn cart.

  2. A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.

  3. A hearse.

  4. UKA pushchair; a stroller.

  5. CanadaSouthern USA shopping cart or trolley.

adjective

  1. Infested with insects.

  2. computingContaining programming errors.

    “This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!”

  3. Resembling an insect.

  4. slangCrazy; bughouse.

  5. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

    “it used to drive my husband balmy”

    Similar: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, cracked

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

buggy around the world

UKA pushchair; a stroller.
Canada, Southern USA shopping cart or trolley.

Synonyms by meaning

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adjective: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
balmybarmybatsbattybonkerscrackedcrackersdaft
noun: a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
roadster

Words that rhyme with buggy

druggiemuggy

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