"moggy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒ.ɡi/ [UK], /ˈmɔ.ɡi/ [US] Audio: En-au-moggy.ogg Forms: moggies [plural]
Etymology: Unknown, but probably originally Mog + -y, a Scots or Northern English variant of maggie (“girl”), from Maggie, a diminutive of Margaret and Margery. First attested in reference to mongrel cats in Cockney. Etymology templates: {{unknown|en}} Unknown, {{suffix|en|Mog|y}} Mog + -y, {{uder|en|sco|-}} Scots Head templates: {{en-noun}} moggy (plural moggies)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Categories (lifeform): Cats Coordinate_terms (mongrel cat): mutt (english: mongrel dog) Translations (cat (depreciative slang)): kataĉo (Esperanto), katti (note: not necessarily depreciative) (Finnish), chat de gouttière [masculine] (French), Katzenvieh [neuter] (German), macs (note: not necessarily depreciative) (Hungarian), macsek (note: not necessarily depreciative) (Hungarian), katacho (Ido), caitín [masculine] (Irish), peata cait [masculine] (Irish)
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  2. (Scotland and Northern England regional, obsolete) Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete, regional Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: girl [synonym, synonym-of]
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  3. (Midlands and Northern England regional, derogatory, rare) Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman. Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, derogatory, rare, regional Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: slattern [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-moggy-en-noun-R~RPbfAV Disambiguation of Cats: 20 25 12 21 4 18 Categories (other): Midlands English, Northern England English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 12 17 10 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 22 12 19 9 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 22 13 19 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 23 13 21 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 26 12 19 2 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 25 14 21 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 24 16 22 12 12
  4. (Midlands and Northern England regional, rare) Synonym of scarecrow. Tags: Midlands, Northern-England, rare, regional Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: scarecrow [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-moggy-en-noun-pu~ytkKh Disambiguation of Cats: 20 25 12 21 4 18 Categories (other): Midlands English, Northern England English, Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 12 17 10 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 22 12 19 9 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 22 13 19 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 23 13 21 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 26 12 19 2 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 25 14 21 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 24 16 22 12 12
  5. (Midlands regional, rare) Synonym of calf. Tags: Midlands, rare, regional Synonyms: calf [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-moggy-en-noun-hcPpfawx Categories (other): Midlands English, Regional English, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 24 16 22 12 12
  6. (Yorkshire) A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc. Tags: Yorkshire Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-moggy-en-noun-5jO1ObEB Disambiguation of Cats: 20 25 12 21 4 18 Categories (other): Yorkshire English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 22 12 17 10 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 16 22 12 19 9 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 22 13 19 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 23 13 21 6 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 26 12 19 2 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 25 14 21 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 24 16 22 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moggie Derived forms: mog Related terms: go moggy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "mongrel dog",
      "sense": "mongrel cat",
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}

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