"preg" meaning in English

See preg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-preg.wav 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
    Sense id: en-preg-en-adj-UVuVRdNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 62 22 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 26 5 4 Synonyms: big [figuratively, sometimes], carrying, child-great [obsolete], delicate [colloquial], eating for two [colloquial], enceinte, expectant, expecting, fertilized, full [obsolete], gestating, gravid, great [obsolete, postpositional], have a bun in the oven, heavy [obsolete], hormonal [offensive], in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, knocked up [offensive, sometimes], preg [informal], pregs [informal], preggers [informal], preggie [informal], preggo [Australia, UK], pregnant, pupped [British], quick [archaic], up the duff [Australia, UK], up the kyte [Scotland], up the stick, up the stump [Canada], up the spout [informal], with child [dated]

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-preg.wav 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 Related terms: pre-preg
    Sense id: en-preg-en-noun-Mm0UoMkO Categories (other): Pregnancy Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 18 82

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    }
  ],
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}

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