dune buggy

¹

noun

1. a small, lightweight, open automotive vehicle equipped with oversize, low-pressure tires for traveling along sand beaches, over dunes, etc.

dune-buggy

²

[ doon-buhg-ee, dyoon- ]

verb (used without object)

, dune-bug·gied, dune-bug·gy·ing.

1. to drive or ride in a dune buggy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dune buggy¹

First recorded in 1955–60