Buggy Meaning
/ˈbʌ.ɡi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA small horse-drawn cart.
nounA small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
Sentence Examples
The horse and buggy is now definitely out of date.
The graphical user interface is buggy and difficult to use.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The old software was so ____ that it crashed every time I tried to save my work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mother pushed the baby ____ down the path in the quiet local park.
Word Origin & History
Origin unknown.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"I casually let this information drop as our concierge drives us through the resort in a buggy, a frangipani flower tucked behind his ear. He promises to fix the bug problem and drops us off at the lobby."
— 2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:
"The wider station upgrade has provided lifts to the Piccadilly and Victoria lines, as well as Network Rail platforms, to make it easier for passengers with mobility needs, buggies or heavy luggage to use London Underground."
— 2020 January 2, “New entrance at Finsbury Park”, in Rail, page 12:
"You have to help me get out of here. They want to keep me longer, but I can't stay. This place is driving me buggy."
— 2011, Beverley Armstrong-Rodman, Nightmare in the Everglades, page 106:
"Posting the selfies on Instagram, where limbs are noodly or eyes are buggy, is meant to be silly, making it seem like the photographers take themselves — and social media — less seriously."
— 2022 July 3, Kalley Huang, “The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2025:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old software was so ____ that it crashed every time I tried to save my work.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The mother pushed the baby ____ down the path in the quiet local park.