buggy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A small horse-drawn cart.

2. 2

   A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.

   • 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.
3. 3

   A hearse.

   • 1920's arr: Jimmie Rogers Frankie and Johnnie Bring out the rubber tired buggy/Bring out the rubber tired hack/I'm takin' my Johnny to the graveyard/But I ain't gonna bring him back
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   1. 4

      A pushchair

      A pushchair; a stroller.

      • 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.
   2. 5

      A shopping cart or trolley.

   3. 6

      Infested with insects.

   4. 7

      Containing programming errors.

      • This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!
   5. 8

      Resembling an insect.

   6. 9

      Crazy

      Crazy; bughouse.

      • 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.
      • 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.

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