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
Synonyms of buggy
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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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
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Adjective
The rooms The 42 spacious rooms are divided between Hadspen House, its outbuildings, and the Farmyard, a bike or buggy ride away.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
Noun
Haunted Mansion riders squeezed out of their ride vehicles and helped free other passengers from their doom buggies during a highly unusual attraction evacuation at Disneyland that left former employees and longtime fans shaking their heads in disbelief.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
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“Buggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buggy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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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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