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preg

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Pregnant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big, carrying, child-great, delicate, eating for two, enceinte, expectant, expecting, fertilized, full, gestating, gravid, great, have a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in the club, in the pudding club, knocked up, preg, pregs, preggers, preggie, preggo, pregnant, pupped, quick, up the duff, up the kyte, up the stick, up the stump, up the spout, with child

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Pregnancy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Clipping of pregnant or pregnancy.