Wiktionary
n. A recreational vehicle with large tires, designed for use on beaches and sand dunes.
WordNet
n. a recreational vehicle with large tires used on beaches or sand dunes [syn: beach buggy]
Wikipedia
A dune buggy or beach buggy is a recreational motor vehicle with large wheels, and wide tires, designed for use on sand dunes, beaches, or desert recreation. It is called a "Beach Buggy" in the United Kingdom, Ireland and many other English speaking countries. The design is usually a modified vehicle and engine mounted on an open chassis. The modifications usually attempt to increase the power-to-weight ratio by either lightening the vehicle or increasing engine power or both. Dune buggies designed specifically for operation on open sand are called sandrails.
A similar, more recent generation of off-road vehicle, often similar in appearance to a sandrail but designed for different use, is the " off road go-kart". The difference may be little more than fitting all-terrain tires instead of sand tires and the much smaller size of the engine.
"Dune Buggy" is the name of the seventh single by the post-grunge band The Presidents of the United States of America, and the fourth and last single released from their highly successful debut album.
On the 4th of November 2008, "Dune Buggy" was released as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band.
Usage examples of "dune buggy".
Also, that date checks with a normal rate of dune buggy travel out there.
Suddenly, what looked to Gunn like an off-road dune buggy flew out of the cavern of the aircraft and down the ramp.
Then there were vivid putt-putts of grainy pixeled heat out of the alcohol-fueled buses and the ancient dune buggy.
Every ten minutes Buzzard and Martha would stop to trade laconic updates with the Trouper base camp, or parley with Greg and Carol in the Dune Buggy Able, or send some side-of-the-mouth remark to Peter and Joanne in the Radar Bus.
Kinsman pulled up one of the webbed chairs that had been scavenged from a wrecked dune buggy.
It looked almost like a dune buggy, but its wheels were thin and springy looking.