"yegg" meaning in All languages combined

See yegg on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /jɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yegg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yeggs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Origin unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} yegg (plural yeggs)
  1. (cant, slang) A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: safecracker, yeggman Translations (a person who breaks open safes; a burglar): kasař [masculine] (Czech), murtovaras (Finnish), kassakaappimurtaja (Finnish), kasszafúró (Hungarian), kasiarz [masculine, person] (Polish), взло́мщик (vzlómščik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-yegg-en-noun-OtjJto6S Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English cant, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yeg

Verb [English]

IPA: /jɛɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yegg.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yeggs [present, singular, third-person], yegging [participle, present], yegged [participle, past], yegged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: Origin unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown Head templates: {{en-verb}} yegg (third-person singular simple present yeggs, present participle yegging, simple past and past participle yegged)
  1. (slang) To rob. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-yegg-en-verb-CpFLPXhy Disambiguation of Crime: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yeg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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