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geng

geng is the alternative form of keng.

Meaning of keng

Verb

keng (usually invariable)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, invariable, usually) Synonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”).
    Synonyms:
    chao keng

Proper noun capitalized: Geng

Geng (plural Gengs)

  1. A surname.

Forms of geng

pluralGengs

Origin of geng

* As a south German surname, from obsolete Middle High German genge (“vigorous”), from Old High German gengi (“passable”), from Proto-West Germanic *gangī (“passable”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 耿 (gěng).

Words that rhyme with geng

Questions about geng

What does geng mean?
Geng means a surname.
What is geng the alternative form of?
Geng is the alternative form of keng.
What part of speech is geng?
Geng is a proper noun.

Words near geng in the dictionary

  1. genexp
  2. genexps
  3. genfic
  4. genfiver
  5. genfivers
  6. geng
  7. Genghis
  8. Genghis Khan
  9. Genghisid
  10. Genghisids
  11. Genghiskhanid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geng (page history and authors); Geng (page history and authors); keng (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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