buggier; buggiest
1
: infested with bugs
a buggy swamp
2
: characterized by bugs
especially
: containing many bugs
a buggy software program
plural buggies
1
: a light one-horse carriage made with two wheels in England and with four wheels in the U.S.
2
: a small cart or truck for short transportations of heavy materials
3
Examples of buggy in a Sentence
Adjective
It's too buggy out here—let's go inside.
Noun
He rode into town on his horse and buggy.
we'll need a new buggy if we have another baby
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Users will quickly abandon a product that is buggy or inconsistent, regardless of its other features.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Open-air buggy car tours and horseback riding are also available.
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Adjective
The slightly buggy software and bloatware are the only other detractors, but the potential pain of importing will be enough to put most folks off.
—Simon Hill, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
Users will quickly abandon a product that is buggy or inconsistent, regardless of its other features.
—Dananjayan Thirumalai, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
The revitalized Meyers Manx company now aims to honor the original’s spirit with a series of buggies, including an almost inevitable electric variant that may prove somewhat divisive.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Open-air buggy car tours and horseback riding are also available.
—Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Buggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buggy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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buggy
1 of 2 adjective
bug·gy
ˈbəg-ē 
buggier; buggiest
: full of bugs
it's too buggy outside
a buggy computer program
buggy
2 of 2 noun
plural buggies
1
: a light carriage having a single seat and drawn by one horse
2
: a hand-pushed carriage for a baby
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