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megs

megs is the plural of meg.

Meaning of meg

Noun (1)

meg (plural megs or meg)

  1. (US, obsolete, slang) A dollar.
    • He could pick out cloth that was thirty meg a yard and get a suit and overcoat for fifteen bucks.1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post

Noun (2)

meg (plural megs)

  1. (colloquial) A nutmeg.

Noun (3)

meg (plural megs)

  1. (colloquial) A megalodon.

See all 6 meanings of meg

Noun (1) capitalized: Megs

Megs

  1. (plural) plural of Meg (“Megalodon”)

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Megs

Megs

  1. (plural) plural of Meg
    • “Now Betty must name this girl. Anything you fancy, dear.” / “I like Margaret the best of all,” smiled Betty; “it is your name and mother’s name and my Margaret’s; besides, it’s easy and homey.” / “Very well,” nodded grandma, “but let us call her Meg for short. All Margarets are Megs when you get...1906, Harriet Theresa Comstock, Meg and the Others, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., page 9
    • Then let’s all hold communion instead of confrontation, you Marys, Margarets, Megs, you mothers, sisters, daughters; it’s family reunion that finds by acclamation we’re sick of treading eggs.1991, Vassar Miller, If I Had Wheels Or Love: Collected Poems of Vassar Miller, Southern Methodist University Press, →ISBN, page 214

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Megs

Megs

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Margaret and Megan.
    • “You too,” Sybil said. “He had your first Vogue cover framed, and gave it to Megs. I thought that was a wonderful thing for him to do.” […] “Margaret Winslow Sebastian,” Evvie said suddenly. “I guess today she’s putting that name to rest as well.”1990, Susan Beth Pfeffer, “Chapter One”, in Meg At Sixteen: The Sebastian Sisters, Book Five, →ISBN
    • Her name was Margaret, but since there were several other Margarets on the hall, she decided to call herself “Megs,” and then christened me “Germie” because I also studied German.1992, Andrew Garrod, Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges, Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN

Noun (2) capitalized: MEGs

MEGs

  1. (plural) plural of MEG

Origin of megs

From Meg + -s (plural suffix).

From Meg + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Phrases with megs

Questions about megs

What does megs mean?
Megs means a diminutive of the female given names Margaret and Megan.
What is megs the plural of?
Megs is the plural of meg.
What part of speech is megs?
Megs can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near megs in the dictionary

  1. megrim
  2. megrimish
  3. megrims
  4. megrivirus
  5. megriviruses
  6. megs
  7. megstie
  8. Megumi
  9. MEGX
  10. Megxit
  11. Megyn

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: megs (page history and authors); Megs (page history and authors); MEGs (page history and authors); meg (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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