buggy
1infested with bugs: We spent one last muggy, buggy summer at the campsite up North, then started vacationing in the Southwest.
Computers. (of software) containing errors or imperfections that reduce reliability, performance, or user experience: The game’s load times were slow, and the autosave was buggy.
Origin of buggy
1Other words from buggy
- bug·gi·ness, noun
Words Nearby buggy
Other definitions for buggy (2 of 2)
a light, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage with a single seat and a transverse spring.
(in India) a light, two-wheeled carriage with a folding top.
Older Slang. an automobile, especially an old or dilapidated one.
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.
Metallurgy. a car, as for transporting ingots or charges for open-hearth furnaces.
any of various small vehicles adapted for use on a given terrain, as on sand beaches or swamps.
British. a light, two-wheeled, open carriage.
Origin of buggy
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How to use buggy in a sentence
Some last-minute software updates alleviated a number of issues and slowdowns, but it remained a pretty buggy experience overall.
Microsoft's Double-Screened Surface Duo Smartphone Is Exciting, But I'm Waiting for Next Year's Model | Patrick Lucas Austin | September 10, 2020 | TimeIts buggy software, dearth of double-screen app support and underwhelming camera will only frustrate people trying to do anything besides write emails and take notes.
Microsoft's Double-Screened Surface Duo Smartphone Is Exciting, But I'm Waiting for Next Year's Model | Patrick Lucas Austin | September 10, 2020 | TimePeople living in southern Africa around 200,000 years ago not only slept on grass bedding but occasionally burned it, apparently to keep from going buggy.
The oldest known grass beds from 200,000 years ago included insect repellents | Bruce Bower | August 13, 2020 | Science NewsTime for Googlebot to re-crawl the page and then a combination of Google’s cache and a buggy new Search Console to be able to interpret those changes.
JavaScript rendering and the problems for SEO in 2020 | Anthony Lavall | May 6, 2020 | Search Engine WatchThe Galaxy S20 Ultra, aside from its buggy camera, questionable zoom functionality, and eye-watering price point, is a decent smartphone.
Review: The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra Can't Deliver On All the Hype | Patrick Lucas Austin | March 4, 2020 | Time
The cars had plush green upholstery and stained-glass windows and were faster and cheaper than a horse-and-buggy.
Ford began tinkering in his garage in Detroit in the 1890s, trains and the horse and buggy was the dominant mode of transport.
But the programs were buggy and often prone to false positives, alerting a network administrator too often to routine behavior.
Some people believe it is only a matter of time until all bookstores go the way of the horse and buggy.
As illustrated in this publication, we have already landed on it and driven across it in a buggy.
Accordingly, she had the boys to hitch a team to a buggy and took him driving over the great estate.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHe had transferred himself to the buggy with a grumble of disgust, and begged her to come for him early in the morning.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe drives a white mule, and has managed to put a top of sail cloth on an old ramshackle buggy, which he calls a 'shay.'
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesGwynne rang for his guest's buggy, thanked him for his advice; then ordered his horse and rode about the ranch half the night.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd she carefully gathered up her papers and went to the rescue of the weary Miss Boutts, while Gwynne ordered the buggy.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for buggy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌɡɪ) /
a light horse-drawn carriage having either four wheels (esp in the US and Canada) or two wheels (esp in Britain and India)
short for beach buggy
short for Baby Buggy See baby carriage
a small motorized vehicle designed for a particular purpose: golf buggy; moon buggy
Origin of buggy
1British Dictionary definitions for buggy (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbʌɡɪ) /
infested with bugs
US slang insane
informal (of a system or machine, esp a computer program) containing errors or faults
Derived forms of buggy
- bugginess, noun
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