Definitions for bugeyes

bugeyes bug·eye

Spelling: [buhg-ahy]
IPA: /ˈbʌgˌaɪ/

Bugeyes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in bugeyes (beegsuy).

Definitions for bugeyes

noun

  1. a ketch-rigged sailing vessel used on Chesapeake Bay.
  2. a ketch-rigged sailing vessel used on Chesapeake Bay.

Origin of bugeyes

1880-85, Americanism; bug1 + eye, after the former practice of painting a large eye on each bow

Examples for bugeyes

From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today.

When we came to the surface we noticed a "bugeye" (a small schooner) "hove to" about fifty yards to the leeward.

The crew started forward and the Captain held the bugeye to its course to the strange island.

In essence the bugeye was a large canoe, fully decked, with a fixed rig following that of the brogan.

In essence the bugeye was a large canoe, fully decked, with a fixed rig following that of the brogan.

When we came to the surface we noticed a "bugeye" (a small schooner) "hove to" about fifty yards to the leeward.

From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today.

The crew started forward and the Captain held the bugeye to its course to the strange island.

Word Value for bugeyes
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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