"gegg" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: geggs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gegg (plural geggs)
  1. (Scotland, archaic) A trick or hoax. Tags: Scotland, archaic Derived forms: geggery
    Sense id: en-gegg-en-noun-ej4zSDyB Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: geggs [present, singular, third-person], gegging [participle, present], gegged [participle, past], gegged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gegg (third-person singular simple present geggs, present participle gegging, simple past and past participle gegged)
  1. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To trick or hoax. Tags: Scotland, archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-gegg-en-verb-VvWFUTUl Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gegg meaning in English (2.0kB)

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