"bg" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bgs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bg (plural bgs)
  1. Abbreviation of background. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: background
    Sense id: en-bg-en-noun-sQ3zKX4H
  2. (online gaming slang) Initialism of bad game. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: bad game Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-bg-en-noun-XEaWNuWg Topics: games, gaming
  3. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of big grin; often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning widely. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: big grin (extra: often enclosed in * * or < > to indicate that the user is grinning widely)
    Sense id: en-bg-en-noun-Yia1YmMi Categories (other): Translingual links with redundant wikilinks

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bg
  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of begin and inflections beginning, began, begun. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: begin and inflections beginning, began, begun
    Sense id: en-bg-en-verb-wQZtI6g7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 5 22 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 19 7 13 49 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 6 11 58 7 3

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for bg meaning in English (2.8kB)

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