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• dune buggy
  dune buggy

  noun

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

  verb (used without object)

  to drive or ride in a dune buggy.

dune buggy

¹ American  

noun

• dune buggies
  plural

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, ˈdjun- /

verb (used without object)

dune-buggied, dune-buggying

1. to drive or ride in a dune buggy.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dune buggies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dune buggy

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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dune buggy dune-buggy

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

“Charles got under the dune buggy and fixed it right away,” Kent said.

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

He has three top 10 finishes in eight starts after missing eight races because of his back rehabilitation following a dune-buggy accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2016

That's about where things stand as a substitute driver for Tony Stewart, out indefinitely after breaking his back in a dune-buggy accident Jan. 31 in the Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2016

There are also motorcycle and dune-buggy trails, the usual selection of Ping Pong and parlor games.

From Time Magazine Archive

Favorite sports include dune-buggy races and sand skiing at speeds of 40 m.p.h. down the precipitous 600-ft. dunes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jon Heder stars in the titular role, a carrot-topped oddball with a decidedly eccentric family that includes his llama-loving, dune-buggy enthusiast grandmother.

From Time Magazine Archive