| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun buggy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (buggy) | 1. A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse.[Wordnet]. 2. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle.[Websters]. 3. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top.[Websters]. | |
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Date "BUGGIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1834. (references) |
Specialty Definition: buggy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Building & Civil Engineering | Buggy or concrete cart: a two-wheeled or motor-driven cart, usually rubber-tired, which carries up to 6 cu. ft of concrete from a mixer or a concrete hopper to the forms. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Literature | Buggy A light vehicle without a hood, drawn by one horse. (Hindustani, baghi.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | A. A four-wheeled steel car used for hauling coal to and from chutes.b. A mine car of small dimensions, sometimes used in thin beds c. Slang for a shuttle car. (references) | ||
| Public Administration | The official vehicle of the chief officer of a fire department. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | BUGGY. A one-horse chaise. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Transportation | Chariot sur lequel on transporte le sac de golf sur le parcours. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: buggy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Anchor Buggy | The Anchor Buggy was a short-lived United States automobile; the high-wheeler was manufactured in Cincinnati in 1910 and 1911. (references) | ||
| Baby buggy | A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Beach buggy | A recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bennett buggy | A Bennett buggy was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car pulled by a horse. The term was named after R.B. Bennett, the Prime Minister of Canada from 1930 to 1935, who was blamed for the nation's poverty. (references) | ||
| Buggy cultivator | A cultivator with a seat for the driver. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Buggy plow | A plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Buggy the Clown arc | The arc begins with Luffy and Zolo out at sea, lost and starving. Luffy spots a bird in the air and uses his rubber power to try and catch it so they can eat it. But the bird turns the tables on him and catches Luffy in its mouth! Zolo rows after them, but comes across three pirates struggling in the ocean. They jump into Zolo's boat as he passes them (since he can't stop) and then try to steal the boat from Zolo, only to get beaten up for it. The pirates then apologize for their actions (they recognize Zolo as the pirate hunter) and tell him how they got in that situation. They were coming back from plundering a ship when they the came across a small boat drifting the ocean with a female passenger on board. She ask for some food and water and offer a treasure chest as payment. The greedy pirates decide to check the chest first, only to find it empty and that the girl had stolen their boat. A sudden maelstrom appeared and sunk the small boat along with the pirates while the girl waved goodbye as she rode off with their boat. (references) | ||
| Buggy whip | A horsewhip once used by a driver of a buggy; "since buggies have been replaced by cars the buggy whip has become a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bundle buggy | A Bundle Buggy is a bag on wheels with an extendable handle. Usually used for grocery shopping. (references) | ||
| Dune buggy | A recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Horse and buggy | A common means of transport in some places before the invention of the automobile. Today most often used in a metaphorical sense, meaning non-modern or obsolete; however, it is frequently used by the Pennsylvania Dutch as a means of transportation. (references) | ||
| Kite buggy | A kite buggy is a light, purpose-built vehicle powered by a traction kite. It is single-seated and has one steerable front wheel and two fixed rear wheels. The driver sits in the seat located in the middle of the vehicle and accelerates and slows down by applying steering manoeuvres in coordination with flying manoeuvres of the kite. This activity is called kite buggying. (references) | ||
| Marsh buggy | An amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Paddy Buggy | Paddy Buggy was the President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1982 to 1985. He was also a hurler for Kilkenny in the 1950s. (references) | ||
| Punch buggy | Punch Buggy (also called Slug Bug or Punch Bug) is a car game generally played by young children in which participants hit each other upon sight of a VW Beetle. In one form of the game, upon sight of said vehicle, a participant yells out "Punch buggy (color)!" and adds "No punchbacks!" to lock that color against calling again. Once the call is completed, the participant punches another participant of his or her choice, generally in the upper arm. Another variation, perhaps a more common one, is that in which colors do not factor and in which the "No punchbacks!" call serves only to prevent the victim from slugging the first participant on the same Volkswagen. (references) | ||
| Speed Buggy | Speed Buggy was a 1973 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A direct clone of Hanna-Barbera's successful Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Speed Buggy followed the adventures of an anthropomorphic race car, Speed Buggy (voiced by Mel Blanc), his driver Tinker, and Tinker's friends Mark and Debbie. The three young adults and their car traveled from race to race, often encountering spy capers and mysteries along the way. (references) | ||
| Swamp buggy | An amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| The Buggy Project | The Buggy Project is a project undertaken by 3rd year students at the University of Bristol studying for an MEng in the Electronic Engineering Department. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: buggy
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Baby buggy | Transportation | Baby carriage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Ingot buggy | Metallurgy | A mechanically propelled car, running on rails, to carry ingots from the soaking pits to the primary mill. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Ingot buggy operator | Occupations | Drives electric car mounted on rails, to transport ingots and slabs from soaking pits to mill-approach-conveyor table: Moves lever controls to position car for receiving material from soaking pit. Drives car to mill-approach-conveyor table. Pulls lever to raise tilting cradle of car and deposit material on table. May operate car by remote control from pulpit and be designated Table Operator (steel & rel.). (references) | |
| Marsh buggy | Mining | A special, self-propelled geophysical vehicle designated to operate over marsh or extremely soft ground, usually having wheels with very wide tread or buoyant wheels that will float the vehicle in water. (references) | |
| Slag buggy | Mining | A very large pot for holding slag obtained in the smelting or ores. It is mounted on a railway truck or the like, so as to permit easy dumping. See also: slag pot. (references) | |
| Straddle buggy operator | Occupations | Drives four-wheeled vehicle that carries loads of materials beneath its elevated frame for short hauls within or near plant: Starts vehicle and drives astride load of materials, such as lumber, bundled sheet metal, cased citrus juice, or empty skids. Pushes and pulls levers to raise and lower lifting mechanism equipped with hook, or to control hydraulic systems equipped with clamps (attached to underside of frame) that grasp, lift, and hold material or products for transport to designated area. Drives machine to specified delivery point, and moves levers to lower load to ground. Makes minor adjustments to vehicle. When conveying lumber, may be designated Lumber-Carrier Driver (saw. & plan.). (references) | |
| Swamp buggy | Mining | Any vehicle with very large, low-pressure tires enabling it to be used in swamps. (references) | |
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