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meg en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • mĕg
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɛɡ/

Etymology

Clipping of words starting with mega-.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of megabyte.
    alt of megabyte
    • Other folk get prima-donnaish about having window offices, or having a personal secretary or stuff like that... you only hold out for a few hundred megs of disk space and a pretty hefty communications budget. We all have our price. 1990 October 7, Bernie Cosell, “What are we going to do when they come for a.s.p?^([sic])”, in news.admin (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Aug 2026:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of megahertz.
    alt of megahertz
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of megajoule.
    alt of megajoule

Forms

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meg Number=Plur lexicographic
megs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

mil

Source: en.wiktionary, “meg” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

meg en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • mĕg
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɛɡ/

Etymology

Unknown.

Meanings

  1. (US, obsolete, slang) A dollar.
    • He could pick out cloth that was thirty meg a yard and get a suit and overcoat for fifteen bucks. 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:

Forms

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meg Number=Plur lexicographic
megs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “meg” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

meg en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • mĕg
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɛɡ/

Etymology

Clipping of nutmeg.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A nutmeg.

Forms

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megs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “meg” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

meg en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • mĕg
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɛɡ/

Etymology

Clipping of nutmeg.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To nutmeg an opponent.

Forms

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megging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
megged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
megged Tense=Past lexicographic
megs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “meg” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

meg en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • mĕg
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɛɡ/

Etymology

Clipping of megalodon.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A megalodon.

Forms

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megs Number=Plur lexicographic