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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Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania, according to police.
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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
Lonnie Yoder, 84, was killed when his Amish buggy flipped due to intense winds in Middlebury, Ind. shortly before 6 p.m. local time on Sunday.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania, according to police.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Buggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buggy. Accessed 22 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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