Duked vs Buggy - What's the difference?
duked | buggy |
(duke)
The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
A grand duke.
(slang, usually in plural) A fist.
To hit or beat with the fists.
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, passage=It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife
A small horse-drawn cart.
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A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy.
(UK) A pushchair; a stroller.
(Canada, southern US) A shopping cart or trolley.
Infested with insects
(computing) Containing programming errors
Resembling an insect
As a verb duked
is (duke).As a noun buggy is
a small horse-drawn cart.As an adjective buggy is
infested with insects.duked
English
Verb
(head)duke
English
(wikipedia duke)Noun
(en noun)- Put up your dukes !
- This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
Hypernyms
* nobilityCoordinate terms
* prince, monarch, baron, count, countess, earl, marquess, marquis, viscountDerived terms
* archduke * duke it out * dukedom * grand duke * put up one's dukesVerb
(duk)Derived terms
* duke it out * duke it * duke out * duke up * duke in ----buggy
English
Noun
(buggies)Synonyms
* (pushchair) strollerAdjective
(er)- This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it!