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buggy

noun

Definition of buggynext
as in pram
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in we'll need a new buggy if we have another baby

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Recent Examples of buggy Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club. — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026 The first cars looked like horse buggies. — Aswin Saravanan, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Golf buggies are no longer limited to eighteen holes of windy leisure. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026 On summer evenings and nights that aren’t particularly buggy, a citronella candle can provide decent protection and give off a pleasant scent and warm glow. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for buggy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buggy
  1. pram
  2. crib
  3. stroller
  4. pushchair
  5. baby buggy
  6. baby carriage
  7. perambulator
  8. cradle
Noun
  • Rather than subject free-roaming outdoor cats to dangers like cars and coyotes, some opt for supervised harness and pram walking.
    — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Seen pushing the same pram as in the picture above, this was also taken at Park House in Sandringham.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pram
Noun
  • Crib standards also change, as drop-sided cribs were banned from manufacture in 2011, with the most recent crib regulation update being August 1, 2026.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The father improvised by moving the baby’s crib into the living room and using cardboard and tape to seal the gap in the window.
    — Destenie Nock, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of crib
Noun
  • Storage bays beneath the bus held larger items, including extra clothes, strollers, kitchen equipment and backup food supplies that wouldn’t fit in the drawers beneath the couches.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Kitch-iti-kipi’s raft is also wheelchair- and stroller-friendly, as is Palms Book State Park itself.
    — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of stroller
Noun
  • Hers is a story that begins with a pushchair, a pony, and a mother’s refusal to buy toys for her children.
    — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Families should have little trouble accommodating luggage, pushchairs or weekly shopping loads.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of pushchair
Noun
  • Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our daughter’s former room has my grandma’s baby buggy in it, an old roll-top desk, a faux metal bed and an antique bookcase.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2020
Definition of baby buggy
Noun
  • And as for her family life, the singer may not be finished with the baby carriage just yet.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ten years ago, there were no baby carriages downtown.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of baby carriage
Noun
  • In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram.
    — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons.
    — Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
Definition of perambulator
Noun
  • In a series of video calls with different groups, Kracht explained it in terms of a baby rocking in a cradle.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • For legendary escape artist Harry Houdini, Kansas City was a cradle of memories.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of cradle

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