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 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 Accessibility for those with mobile impairments The rooms, villas and reception all have step-free access, and the electric buggies mean getting around the resort is simple. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026 Raber was one of several women who provided rides to Amish people, taking them to places that a horse and buggy could not access. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 2 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
  • 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
  • His mother, Laura, was a devout Methodist and a vegetarian, while his father, Kenneth, who worked as an accounts clerk and also restored prams and bicycles, had been a conscientious objector, and was a militant anti-smoker.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
Definition of pram
Noun
  • Jack and Aree, 35, announced the arrival of their second baby together in March by sharing a glimpse of their newborn sleeping in her crib next to a black Jellycat bat plushie and a note card indicating she was born on March 5, weighing 7 lbs.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Rooms on the property come in a variety of categories—each has space for one crib, and only some also allow for one rollaway bed.
    — Gina Kramer, USA Today, 25 July 2026
Definition of crib
Noun
  • Those curb cuts now serve parents with strollers, travelers with suitcases and workers with trolleys.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Sidewalks and bike lanes are public spaces designed for pedestrians, people using wheelchairs or other mobility devices, families with strollers, and cyclists.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of stroller
Noun
  • Families should have little trouble accommodating luggage, pushchairs or weekly shopping loads.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Law enforcement said that a couple encountered a family—two women and young children, one of whom was in a pushchair—at Bond Street Underground in central London.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
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
  • Ten years ago, there were no baby carriages downtown.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Even on a weekday, three mothers with baby carriages comprise a formidable flotilla in a place such as this.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 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
  • These are specifically designed to provide more neck and shoulder support, acting as a cloudlike cradle for your upper body.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Vigeland Museum describes the work as a summary of the park’s journey from cradle to grave, encompassing joy, sorrow, hope and longing.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of cradle

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