buggier; buggiest
1
: infested with bugs
a buggy swamp
2
: characterized by bugs
especially
: containing many bugs
a buggy software program
plural buggies
1
: a light one-horse carriage made with two wheels in England and with four wheels in the U.S.
2
: a small cart or truck for short transportations of heavy materials
3
Examples of buggy in a Sentence
Adjective
It's too buggy out here—let's go inside.
Noun
He rode into town on his horse and buggy.
we'll need a new buggy if we have another baby
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Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Jan. 2025
But the initial release was infamously buggy, and virtual men and women in hard hats were always yelling at me about my failures.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 June 2025
Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
When Joanna Gaines arrived on the set of her new reality TV series, which transports three families on horse and buggy to the 1880s, tears spilled down her cheeks.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
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Adjective
This means eventually the application may become buggy, glitchy and potentially unusable after enough time passes without an update.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 21 Jan. 2025
But the initial release was infamously buggy, and virtual men and women in hard hats were always yelling at me about my failures.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 June 2025
Noun
Now, Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed that if China won't approve the latest version of the deal—which could result in a buggy version of TikTok made just for the US—the administration is willing to shut down TikTok.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
When Joanna Gaines arrived on the set of her new reality TV series, which transports three families on horse and buggy to the 1880s, tears spilled down her cheeks.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
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“Buggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buggy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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buggy
1 of 2 adjective
bug·gy
ˈbəg-ē 
buggier; buggiest
: full of bugs
it's too buggy outside
a buggy computer program
buggy
2 of 2 noun
plural buggies
1
: a light carriage having a single seat and drawn by one horse
2
: a hand-pushed carriage for a baby
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