"smeg" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /smɛɡ/ Audio: En-au-smeg.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: A clipping of smegma, popularised by the British sitcom Red Dwarf. Etymology templates: {{m|en|smegma}} smegma Head templates: {{en-interj}} smeg
  1. (slang) Used as a swear word. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-smeg-en-intj-SPLsfsdO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7

Verb

IPA: /smɛɡ/ Audio: En-au-smeg.ogg [Australia] Forms: smegs [present, singular, third-person], smegging [participle, present], smegged [participle, past], smegged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛɡ Etymology: A clipping of smegma, popularised by the British sitcom Red Dwarf. Etymology templates: {{m|en|smegma}} smegma Head templates: {{en-verb}} smeg (third-person singular simple present smegs, present participle smegging, simple past and past participle smegged)
  1. (slang) To mess up. Tags: slang Derived forms: smegger, smegging, smeghead
    Sense id: en-smeg-en-verb-JXbW7OfA

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for smeg meaning in English (2.7kB)

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