yegg
/jɛɡ/
yegg noun: a person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
Noun
yegg (plural yeggs)
- A person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
- 1904, Edwin S. Porter (director), Capture of the ‘Yegg’ Bank Burglars
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III...
- Synonyms:
- safecracker, yeggman
Verb
yegg (third-person singular simple present yeggs, present participle yegging, simple past and past participle yegged)
- To rob.
- The bookmakers were yegged as they left the track in the era of the hand-books.1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 10, in Diamonds Are Forever
yegg meaning in Urdu
yegg in Urdu
- چور, نقب زن
Synonyms of yegg
Forms of yegg
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yeggs |
| alternative form | yeg |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | yeggs |
| present participle | yegging |
| past participle | yegged |
| past | yegged |
Origin of yegg
Origin unknown.
Words that rhyme with yegg
Questions about yegg
- What does yegg mean?
- Yegg means a person who breaks open safes; a burglar.
- What is yegg in Urdu?
- Yegg in Urdu is چور, نقب زن. See Yegg meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is yegg?
- Yegg can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce yegg?
- Yegg is pronounced /jɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of yegg?
- The plural of yegg is yeggs.
Words near yegg in the dictionary
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