Meaning & use

Buggy

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Full of bugs or software errors, or, as a noun, a light horse-drawn carriage or a small motor vehicle.

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The app crashed constantly because the new update was buggy.

They took a leisurely ride through the park in a horse-drawn buggy.

A note on using this word

The adjective sense meaning 'full of software errors' is a modern extension of 'bug,' the older term for a technical glitch.

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2. noun

A light, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, or a small vehicle such as a stroller or dune buggy.

They pushed the baby's buggy along the boardwalk.

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