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jeggings

/ˈd͡ʒɛɡ.ɪŋz/

jeggings noun: denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.

jeggings: denim leggings, or very skinny jeans
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Noun

jeggings pl (plural only)

  1. (neologism, plural, plural-only) Denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.
    • I remember first reading about jeggings (jeans+leggings) in 2009. How ridiculous it sounded then, a word that conjured up images of urinary infections and squished buttocks. Four years later, the M&S website devotes an entire section to this fashion hybrid.2013 May 10, Rachel Braier, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in The Guardian

jeggings meaning in Bengali

jeggings in Bengali

জেগিনস

Origin of jeggings

Blend of jeans + leggings.

Questions about jeggings

What does jeggings mean?
Jeggings means denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.
What is jeggings in Bengali?
Jeggings in Bengali is জেগিনস. See Jeggings meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is jeggings?
Jeggings is a noun.
How do you pronounce jeggings?
Jeggings is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛɡ.ɪŋz/.

Words near jeggings in the dictionary

  1. jeffs
  2. Jeffy
  3. Jefko
  4. jeg
  5. jegging
  6. jeggings
  7. jegog
  8. jegogan
  9. jegogans
  10. jegogs
  11. jegs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jeggings (page history and authors); jeggings (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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