buggy
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈbʌɡi/
- UK
:
cochecito
- We took the buggy to the park so the kids could enjoy the fresh air.
- baby buggy
Examples
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Why'd you buy a buggy like this?
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I pushed the buggy up the sidewalk while my baby slept peacefully inside.
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I should have got double buggy going up a hill.
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New baby buggy, new baby new.
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Henry, I left my buggy out front.
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I gotta use this buggy today, to get us breakfast.
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And when, when I or the midwife went to the house, we would park this baby buggy outside.
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You can take the buggy now, Hallie.
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Jack actually sounded regretful as he pushed Henry toward the buggy and grabbed my arm.
Fiction book (1999) -
The pavements were banked three deep with girls in jeans pushing babies in buggies.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
69
1.0
A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in
16
2.1
A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby
8
1.4
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
7
2.1
A small carriage on wheels for carrying a baby that you push
4
6.5
A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby
3
2.5
A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children
2
1.0
A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby
1
1.7
A small seat on wheels for pushing a baby or small child
A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A tool that makes horses move when they pull a small carriage and now means something old-fashioned
- US
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
How Compact
Surface Forms
Etymology
The baby buggy takes its name from the small carriage buggy, so a baby buggy is simply a small wheeled vehicle used to carry a child.