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BUG-ee/ˈbʌɡi/

A buggy is a light folding chair on wheels for a baby (UK; also a pushchair). A pram is often flatter for newborns; a wheelchair is for a person who cannot walk far. Wards: park the buggy in the designated bay, not down the corridor. A golf buggy is a small open vehicle — a different sense.

Meaning

A light folding chair on wheels for a baby (UK; also a pushchair); also a small open vehicle.

Examples

• “Park the buggy in the designated bay; it is not allowed down the ward corridor.”
• “A golf buggy on the academy grounds is staff only; pupils do not ride it.”

Good to know

a buggy (UK baby sense). Close: a pushchair. Contrast: a pram / a wheelchair. NHS / shops. Countable. Mix-up: buggy as an adjective means full of insects — not this noun.

Near in meaning

pushchair

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