dune buggy

noun

: an off-road motor vehicle with oversize tires for use especially on sand

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Birdsong fills the auditorium, before the first actor, Zachary Hart, makes a very un-Chekhovian entrance — driving a dune buggy and carrying an electric guitar. — Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025 The universal program needs guardrails to stop abuses like the purchase of dune buggies on the taxpayers’ dime, and also to ensure student safety. — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024 Opponents lament diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, like buying dune buggies. — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024 Endurance dune buggy racing requires Austin and a co-driver to be strapped in for anywhere from 13 to 15 hours, traversing through dirt, rock and brush at speeds as much as 82 miles per hour. — Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 31 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for dune buggy

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First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dune buggy was in 1955

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dune buggy

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: a motor vehicle with oversize tires for use on sand
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