buggy
English
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /bʌ.ɡi/
- Rhymes: -ʌɡi
Noun
buggy (plural buggies)
- A small horse-drawn cart.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
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- A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
- 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
- 1920's arr: Jimmie Rogers Frankie and Johnnie
- (Britain) A pushchair; a stroller.
- (Canada, Southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.
Synonyms
- (pushchair): stroller
Translations
A small horse-drawn cart
A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy
pushchair — see pushchair
shopping cart — see shopping cart
Adjective
Derived terms
- baby buggy
- bugginess
- buggy eyes
French
Etymology
From English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœ.ɡi/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Further reading
- “buggy” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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