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geggs

geggs is the plural of gegg.

geggs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gegg.

Meaning of gegg

Noun

gegg (plural geggs)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) 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)

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Proper noun capitalized: Geggs

Geggs

  1. (plural) plural of Gegg

Questions about geggs

What is geggs the plural of?
Geggs is the plural of gegg.
What part of speech is geggs?
Geggs is a proper noun.

Words near geggs in the dictionary

  1. geggie
  2. geggies
  3. gegging
  4. gegging in
  5. Geggis
  6. geggs
  7. gegharkuni
  8. Gegharkunik
  9. GEGL
  10. gegs
  11. gegs in

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