swamp buggy

noun

: a vehicle designed to travel over swampy terrain

especially : a four-wheel motor vehicle with oversize tires

Examples of swamp buggy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The list of activities continues with archery, horseback and pony riding, swamp buggy airboat rides, a pontoon cruise, a petting farm, and trap and skeet shooting. —Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024

In Florida, hunters, swamp buggy enthusiasts and politicians are opposed to a federal wilderness designation for the Big Cypress National Preserve outside of Naples. —Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024

Environmental groups support the move, which would likely ban swamp buggy and airboat usage in much of the preserve. —Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024

Personal airboats, swamp buggies and all-terrain vehicles are not allowed inside the park. —Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

Admittedly, there are few circumstances in which a swamp buggy feels like the best choice of vehicle, but on this particular excursion to see one of the rarest orchids on the planet, our monster-truck-sized tires seem comically out of place. —Steven Bedard, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019

Wooten's, a long-standing tourism attraction, offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides and alligator shows, in addition to an animal sanctuary that has tigers, lions, otters, and more than 100 alligators. —Michael Braun, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022

Wooten's Everglades Airboat Tours is an attraction in Ochopee, Florida, that offers airboat tours, swamp buggy rides, alligator shows and more, including the opportunity to see tigers, lions and otters at its Animal Sanctuary. —Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2022

Now, the 110-acre park features an extensive network of zip lines, a swamp buggy tour and gator-centric shows for visitors of all ages. —Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 26 May 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for swamp buggy

• muggy