gegg
/ɡɛɡ/
gegg noun: a trick or hoax.
Noun
gegg (plural geggs)
- A trick or hoax.
- Its meetings have long ceased, and it is only fair to hope that there be none of the young and gay spirits of Glasgow eager to revive so palpable a gegg as the one we have just recorded, […]1832, The Day (issue 1, part 112, page 175)
- The whole gist of the gegg was to be here.1864 January, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 341
Verb
gegg (third-person singular simple present geggs, present participle gegging, simple past and past participle gegged)
Proper noun capitalized: Gegg
Gegg (plural Geggs)
- A surname from German.
Forms of gegg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | geggs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | geggs |
| present participle | gegging |
| past participle | gegged |
| past | gegged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Geggs |
Origin of gegg
Borrowed from South German Gegg, a variant of Geck.
Words formed from gegg
Questions about gegg
- What does gegg mean?
- Gegg means a trick or hoax.
- What part of speech is gegg?
- Gegg can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce gegg?
- Gegg is pronounced /ɡɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of gegg?
- The plural of gegg is geggs.
Words near gegg in the dictionary
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