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preg en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Pregnant.
    • The Simpsons have a little son and Gwen is preg with number two. 1977, Erich Segal, Oliver's Story, HarperTorch, published 2002, →ISBN, page 318:
    • 'Am I? Well, I'll let you in to a secret. I'm pretty sure I'm preg." 1994, Catherine Clifton Clark, The Saturday Treat, Magna Large Print Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 225:
    • My ma's the one who told us Frankie Frangione's mother was preg again. 1989, Carole L. Glickfeld, “What My Mother Knows”, in Useful Gifts, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 4:

Forms

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more preg Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most preg Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

in the club · up the stump · pregnant · up the stick · quick · pupped · delicate · up the spout · preg · with child · hormonal · preggers · child-great · enceinte · up the kyte · in the pudding club · gestating · have a bun in the oven · big · eating for two · gravid · carrying · full · in a family way · knocked up · expecting · preggo · up the duff · expectant · heavy · pregs · great · fertilized · preggie

preg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Pregnancy.
    • She'd lost all her preg weight, but twenty-five months later was still a little poochy in front, favored baggy sweatshirts. 2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Compulsion, Ballantine, published 2008, →ISBN, page 308:
    • There was nothing even approaching the near-great, so (and I can't believe I ever had this much free time in my former life) I actually designed and sewed all my preg stuff myself. 2010 June 8, Linda Russell, “Notes from the new-mother zone”, in The Globe and Mail:
    • Pat told me once at their house that I should not play badminton because I might fall. She, who rode horses every day of her pregs! 2008, Nancy J. Howe, Dear Owie, Vantage Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 29:

Forms

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pregs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

pre-preg