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preg

preg adjective: pregnant.

Adjective

preg (comparative more preg, superlative most preg)

  1. (informal) Pregnant.
    • The Simpsons have a little son and Gwen is preg with number two.1977, Erich Segal, Oliver's Story, HarperTorch, published 2002, →ISBN, page 318
    • My ma's the one who told us Frankie Frangione's mother was preg again.1989, Carole L. Glickfeld, “What My Mother Knows”, in Useful Gifts, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 4

Noun

preg (plural pregs)

  1. (informal) Pregnancy.
    • Pat told me once at their house that I should not play badminton because I might fall. She, who rode horses every day of her pregs!2008, Nancy J. Howe, Dear Owie, Vantage Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 29
    • She'd lost all her preg weight, but twenty-five months later was still a little poochy in front, favored baggy sweatshirts.2008, Jonathan Kellerman, Compulsion, Ballantine, published 2008, →ISBN, page 308

Synonyms of preg

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Forms of preg

Adjective
comparativemore preg
superlativemost preg
Noun
pluralpregs

Origin of preg

Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy.

Questions about preg

What does preg mean?
Preg means pregnant.
What part of speech is preg?
Preg can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near preg in the dictionary

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  2. prefuneral
  3. prefurlough
  4. prefusion
  5. prefusogenic
  6. preg
  7. pregabalin
  8. pregabaline
  9. pregage
  10. pregaged
  11. pregages

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