Download the app
educalingo
moon buggy

Meaning of "moon buggy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MOON BUGGY

muːn ˈbʌɡɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOON BUGGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moon buggy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOON BUGGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lunar Roving Vehicle

The Lunar Roving Vehicle or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program during 1971 and 1972. It was popularly known as the moon buggy, a play on the phrase "dune buggy". The LRV was transported to the Moon on the Apollo Lunar Module and, once unpacked on the surface, could carry one or two astronauts, their equipment, and lunar samples. The three LRVs remain on the moon.

Definition of moon buggy in the English dictionary

The definition of moon buggy in the dictionary is a vehicle used by astronauts for surface exploration on the Moon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOON BUGGY

buggy · druggie · druggy · fuggy · horse-and-buggy · huggy · luggie · muggy · puggie · puggy · ruggy · shuggy · stuggy · vuggy · vughy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOON BUGGY

moon · moon bag · moon blindness · Moon Child · moon daisy · moon landing · moon pool · moon rat · moon rock · moon walk · moon-blind · moon-eyed · moon-faced · moonbeam · moonboots · moonbow · mooncalf · mooncalves · moonchild · moonchildren

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOON BUGGY

Baby Buggy · baggy · beach buggy · boggy · doggy · dune buggy · foggy · froggy · leggy · peggy · piggy · raggy · saggy · scraggy · shaggy · snow buggy · soggy · spuggy · swamp buggy · twiggy

Synonyms and antonyms of moon buggy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moon buggy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MOON BUGGY

Find out the translation of moon buggy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of moon buggy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moon buggy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

月球车
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Moon Buggy
570 millions of speakers
en

English

moon buggy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

चंद्रमा छोटी गाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عربات التي تجرها الدواب القمر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

луноход
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Moon Buggy
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

চাঁদ বাগি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

lune poussette
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kereta bulan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

moon Buggy
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ムーンバギー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

달 버그
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Buggy bulan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

moon buggy
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிலவு தரமற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्र बग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Ay arabası
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

luna buggy
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

moon buggy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

місяцехід
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

luna buggy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

moon buggy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maan karretjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

måne buggy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

månen buggy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moon buggy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOON BUGGY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of moon buggy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «moon buggy».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moon buggy

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOON BUGGY»

Discover the use of moon buggy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moon buggy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seen and Heard: Children's Rights in Early Childhood Education
The Saturn 5 project, introduced earlier in the chapter, provoked considerable interest in space and space travel, and led to the notion that a moon buggy was essential to the project. A parent who worked as an engineer at Ball Aerospace ( a ...
Ellen Lynn Hall, Jennifer Kofkin Rudkin, 2011
2
Popular Science
Go-Cart on the Moon How they invented the wheel They call it the Markow wheel, and it's named for the man who invented it— Edward G. Markow, Grumman's top moon-buggy expert. He designed it for the moon, though it probably won't be ...
3
How to Draw Cartoon Spacecraft and Astronauts in Action
It is also called a moon buggy. The unar rover is more than 10 feet (3 m) long and 6 feet (2 m) wide. It is battery powered and can reach a top speed of 9 mies per hour (14 km/h). The unar rover does not have a roof. It has two seats that look ...
Curt Visca, Kelley Visca, 2004
4
Space
The dune buggy fulfilled this purpose and became fondly known as the Moon Buggy. The Lunar Rover Vehicle was used during Apollo 15,16 and 17 missions to explore more of the moon's surface than ever before. The Lunar Rover Vehicle  ...
‎2006
5
Great Cars of the Great Plains
Joseph Moon in 1893 sold his halt-interest to his brother and left to set up the Joseph W. Moon Buggy Company. According to one account, the two brothers scarcely talked to one another again.s As early as 19o2, when he attended a carriage ...
Curt McConnell, 1995
6
Space - Moon Buggy
Set includes: Space shuttle - First on the moon - Moon buggy - Skylab.
Peter Sloan, 1985
7
Year 5
d^. Making. a. start. • Give each child a copy of Copymaster 15 and explain that it is an imaginary map of part of the Moon's surface. Describe how the Moon-buggy travels from the Base along these marked paths to collect rock samples at each ...
Harcourt Education, 2003
8
Celestial Connections
Rosalind and Solarian got into the Moon buggy together, while Rosalind's crewmen got into other Moon buggies. Solarian looked at Rosalind and said, “ Let's explore the Moon together.” Rosalind said, “Yes. I'd like that. We will take our hand ...
Cecelia Frances Page, 2007
9
Popular Science
The two astronauts — John Young and Charlie Duke — seated in the Rover moon buggy, slowly steer a path among the rocks. They carefully nose the machine over the lip of a crater, then halt. Laboriously, they climb off. Young photographs a ...
10
The Adventures of Monty and Keaz
The two mice struggled with the lever, and they eventually managed to bring the sliding moon buggy under control. Professor Keaz looked round to see where they were as they continued to race across the surface of the moon. “The Beagle is ...
Ian Reardon, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOON BUGGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moon buggy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reach for the skies at the new National Space Centre show
... two controllable Martian Rovers and a new Moon Buggy photo opportunity, although not all of this was open yet as this article was published. «LoughboroughEcho.net, Jul 15»
2
Meet the astronauts at Novato Space Festival
You don't have to go to Houston or Cape Canaveral to rub elbows with astronauts or inspect a lunar module and a moon buggy. Visitors can do ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
3
The 25 most iconic cars of all time?
Other famous wheels were recognised for their contribution to history and science, including the Moon Buggy, Bluebird and Model T Ford. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
4
Set in the Space Race era, 'The Last Pilot' is nostalgic and heart …
While Dave Scott and Jim Irwin tore around the lunar surface in the “moon buggy,” I played with my Mattel “Major Matt Mason Space Station. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
National Space Centre LEGO fun as part of its summer line-up
... 2015 content with a brand new replicated Martian surface, two controllable Martian Rovers and a new Moon Buggy photo opportunity. «LoughboroughEcho.net, Jun 15»
6
Audi develops Quattro lunar rover
After decades of watching footage of the original NASA “moon buggy” bouncing around the lunar surface, it will be kind of strange to see a ... «PanARMENIAN.Net, Jun 15»
7
Ten things we learned this week
Moon buggy? Sorted. Audi's pursuit of making every type of four-wheeled thing imaginable remains on full course, if these pictures are to be ... «Top Gear, Jun 15»
8
Ripsaw Extreme Vehicle 2 is a former tank that performs like a sports …
Looking like a cross between the Batmobile and a moon buggy, the Ripsaw Extreme Vehicle 2 has been crafted into 'one of the world's most ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
NASA Completes 52-Year Mission To Find, Kill God
Our men gave chase in a moon buggy, finally overtaking Him in a crater where He was subdued after several minutes of violent hand-to-hand ... «The Onion, May 15»
10
The future of NASA's moon buggy is here, and it's AWESOME
Like the original Moon Buggy, the MRV has four wheels, two seats and that's about it. It does have a bit more body to it, which it needs on ... «Komando, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Moon buggy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/moon-buggy>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN