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bugeye

bugeye noun: a sailboat once used for oystering out of Chesapeake Bay.

Noun (1)

bugeye (plural bugeyes)

  1. A sailboat once used for oystering out of Chesapeake Bay.

Noun (2) capitalized: Bugeye

Bugeye (plural Bugeyes)

  1. (slang) Synonym of Frogeye (“Austin-Healey Sprite sports car”)
    Synonyms:
    Frogeye

Synonyms of bugeye

Forms of bugeye

pluralbugeyes
pluralBugeyes

Origin of bugeye

bug + eye, in allusion to its prominent headlights.

Questions about bugeye

What does bugeye mean?
Bugeye means a sailboat once used for oystering out of Chesapeake Bay.
What part of speech is bugeye?
Bugeye is a noun.
What is the plural of bugeye?
The plural of bugeye is bugeyes.

Words near bugeye in the dictionary

  1. buge
  2. bugerow
  3. bugerows
  4. Bugess
  5. Bugesses
  6. bugeye
  7. bugeyes
  8. bugfish
  9. bugfix
  10. bugfixes
  11. bugfree

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