dune buggy

¹ American  

noun

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

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dune-buggy ² American  

[doon-buhg-ee, dyoon-] / ˈdunˌbʌg i, ˈdyun- /

verb (used without object)

dune-buggied, dune-buggying

1. to drive or ride in a dune buggy.

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Etymology

Origin of dune buggy

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

And it was evident when a dune buggy then screeched onto the field carrying Butch T. Cougar and Benny Beaver, who disembarked carrying the other school’s flag.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

I jump into a dune buggy driven by Levav Weinberg - an apple farmer in the northern-most Israeli town of Metula.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

A dune buggy that production was using as a camera car broke down on set, and Manson offered to repair it, but asked for a $70 advance.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2023

And I guess I do, because the next thing I know, I'm driving this dune buggy at about a hundred miles an hour across a burning desert that looks like the surface of the moon.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements