"have a bun in the oven" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has a bun in the oven [present, singular, third-person], having a bun in the oven [participle, present], had a bun in the oven [participle, past], had a bun in the oven [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a bun in the oven}} have a bun in the oven (third-person singular simple present has a bun in the oven, present participle having a bun in the oven, simple past and past participle had a bun in the oven)
  1. (informal, sometimes considered vulgar) To be pregnant; to be expecting a baby. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Pregnancy Translations ((informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby): 有了 (yǒu le) (Chinese Mandarin), have en kage i ovnen (Danish), have brød i ovnen (Danish), avoir le ballon (French), avoir le gros ventre (French), avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir (French), avoir une brioche au four (French), être en cloque (French), être grosse (French), einen Braten in der Röhre haben (German), ha en bolle i ovnen (Norwegian), ha en bulle i ugnen (Swedish), đeo ba lô ngược (english: wear a backpack on the front) (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
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      "word": "avoir le ballon"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "avoir le gros ventre"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "avoir une brioche au four"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "être en cloque"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "être grosse"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "einen Braten in der Röhre haben"
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "ha en bolle i ovnen"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "ha en bulle i ugnen"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "english": "wear a backpack on the front",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(informal) to be pregnant; to be expecting a baby",
      "word": "đeo ba lô ngược"
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