buggy en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Meanings
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A small horse-drawn cart.
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:
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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.
2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times:
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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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(Pennsylvania, UK, Western) 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.
2020 January 2, “New entrance at Finsbury Park”, in Rail, page 12:
- (Canada, Pennsylvania, Southern-US, Western) A shopping cart or trolley.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buggies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
punch buggy · bundle buggy · sand buggy · unbuggy · band-aid buggy · blitzbuggy · Moon buggy · buggy whip · buggyman · Concord buggy · truggy · golf buggy · struggle-buggy · beach buggy · baby buggy · moon buggy · rubber baby buggy bumper · Irish buggy · horse and buggy
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (25)
bg бъги (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · pt bugue (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · nrf tchéthiole (A small horse-drawn cart) · unm mpàki (A small horse-drawn cart) · hu homokfutó (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · cs vozítko (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · mk ба́ги (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · cs bryčka (A small horse-drawn cart) · fi mönkijä (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · fr quad (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · nrf cariole (A small horse-drawn cart) · fi vaunut (A small horse-drawn cart) · hu bricska (A small horse-drawn cart) · mi paki (A small horse-drawn cart) · mk кабриоле́т (A small horse-drawn cart) · pl buggy (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · bg кабриолет (A small horse-drawn cart) · yi פֿור (A small horse-drawn cart) · fi rattaat (A small horse-drawn cart) · pdt Bogge (A small horse-drawn cart) · cs bugina (A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy) · fi kärryt (A small horse-drawn cart) · he כִּרְכָּרָה (A small horse-drawn cart) · fr calèche (A small horse-drawn cart) · pl bryczka (A small horse-drawn cart)