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moon buggy

/mu(ː)n bʌ.ɡi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables
moon bug-gy
IPA
/mu(ː)n bʌ.ɡi/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manned wheeled vehicle used to traverse the surface of Earth's Moon.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Moon buggy.

Etymology

Blend of Moon + dune buggy. Coined in analogy to the dune buggy, for a vehicle roving on the sands of the Moon.

Inflected Forms

Moon buggies (plural)

Rhymes With

buggy dougie muggy druggie huggy druggy puggy sluggy bluggy vuggy ruggy fuggy

Questions

How do you pronounce moon buggy?
The recorded pronunciation is /mu(ː)n bʌ.ɡi/.
What does moon buggy mean?
A manned wheeled vehicle used to traverse the surface of Earth's Moon.
Where does moon buggy come from?
Blend of Moon + dune buggy. Coined in analogy to the dune buggy, for a vehicle roving on the sands of the Moon.

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