Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

struggle-buggy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: strug-gle-bug-gy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old or beat-up motor vehicle.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"My struggle-buggy was getting to look like a rinky-dink old tin can on wheels, so when I got back to Chicago that Fall I traded it in for a Willys Knight brougham sedan."

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

struggle-buggies (plural)

Questions

What does struggle-buggy mean?: An old or beat-up motor vehicle.

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