buggy 1
/bug"ee/ , n. , pl. buggies .
1. a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage with a single seat and a transverse spring.
2. (in India) a light, two-wheeled carriage with a folding top.
3. See baby carriage .
4. Older Slang. an automobile, esp. an old or dilapidated one.
5. a small wagon or truck for transporting heavy materials, as coal in a mine or freshly mixed concrete at a construction site, for short distances.
6. Metall. a car, as for transporting ingots or charges for open-hearth furnaces.
7. any of various small vehicles adapted for use on a given terrain, as on sand beaches or swamps.
8. Brit. a light, two-wheeled, open carriage.
[ 1765-75; of obscure orig. ]
buggy 2
— bugginess , n.
/bug"ee/ , adj., buggier, buggiest .
1. infested with bugs.
2. Slang. crazy; insane; peculiar.
[ 1705-15; BUG 1 + -Y 1 ]