dune buggy

noun

: an off-road motor vehicle with oversize tires for use especially on sand

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The music video for the song, which features Sheeran mostly singing on a Formula 1 race track, ends with the singer-musician driving a dune buggy himself. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Birdsong fills the auditorium, before the first actor, Zachary Hart, makes a very un-Chekhovian entrance — driving a dune buggy and carrying an electric guitar. Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 Opponents lament diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, like buying dune buggies. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024 All over the Glamis Dunes area, drivers in side-by-sides, dune buggies, and sand rails traverse up and down the mounds of sand in the pursuit of fun. Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dune buggy

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dune buggy was in 1955

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“Dune buggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dune%20buggy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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dune buggy

noun
: a motor vehicle with oversize tires for use on sand
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