BUGGY (buggier, buggiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: buggier    , buggiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does buggy mean? 

• BUGGY (noun)
  The noun BUGGY has 1 sense:

1. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

  Familiarity information: BUGGY used as a noun is very rare.

• BUGGY (adjective)
  The adjective BUGGY has 2 senses:

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

2. infested with bugs

  Familiarity information: BUGGY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUGGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

buggy; roadster

Hypernyms ("buggy" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

• BUGGY (adjective)

Comparative: buggier   
Superlative: buggiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Synonyms:

around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky

Context example:

it used to drive my husband balmy

Similar:

insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Infested with bugs

Similar:

dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)

Derivation:

bug (general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate)

bugginess (the state of having bugs)

 Context examples 

The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when 'the party went out'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)