buggy

Noun · Adjective
US[buhg-ee]/ˈbʌɡi/2 syllables
Synonyms: roadsterbalmybarmybatsbattybonkerscrackedcrackersdaftdottyfruityhaywire

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)buggies

  1. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horseSynonyms: roadsterType of carriage, equipage

Adjective (2)buggier, buggiest

  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular“it used to drive my husband balmy”Synonyms: balmybarmybatsbattybonkerscrackedcrackersdaftdottyfruityhaywirekookykookielocoloonyloopynutsnuttyround the bendaround the bendwackywhackyOpposite saneSimilar insane
  2. infested with bugsOpposite cleanSimilar dirty, soiled

Related words bug noun, bugginess noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Bug′gy (…), adjective

Origin: From Bug.

Infested or abounding with bugs.

Bug′gy noun; pl. Buggies.

1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. British

Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to the race in a buggy.— Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. U.S.

Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. — Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; — called also sulky plow.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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