From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Buggy \Bug"gy\, a. [From {Bug}.]
Infested or abounding with bugs.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Buggy \Bug"gy\, n.; pl. {Buggies}.
1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to
the race in a buggy. --Beaconsfield.
[1913 Webster]
2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and
with or without a calash top. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
{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}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
buggy
adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used
to drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy},
{bats}, {batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked},
{crackers}, {daft}, {dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire},
{kooky}, {kookie}, {loco}, {loony}, {loopy}, {nuts},
{nutty}, {round the bend}, {around the bend}, {wacky},
{whacky}]
2: infested with bugs
n 1: a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse [syn:
{buggy}, {roadster}]
|