"preg" meaning in English

See preg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more preg [comparative], most preg [superlative]
Etymology: Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pregnant or pregnancy}} Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy Head templates: {{en-adj}} preg (comparative more preg, superlative most preg)
  1. (informal) Pregnant. Tags: informal Synonyms: pregnant
    Sense id: en-preg-en-adj-UVuVRdNC

Noun

Forms: pregs [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pregnant or pregnancy}} Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy Head templates: {{en-noun}} preg (plural pregs)
  1. (informal) Pregnancy. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Pregnancy Related terms: pre-preg
    Sense id: en-preg-en-noun-Mm0UoMkO Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98

Inflected forms

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