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preggers

adjective (preggers; only used after «be»); slang

«preggers» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(slang, UK) pregnant. tree →

In the lessons

Used jokingly and informally in chat and gossip to say a woman is going to have a baby. Slang register, mainly UK, also Australia.

Examples

Guess what — she's preggers! tree →
My sister's preggers with twins. tree →
Is she preggers or has she just eaten a lot? tree →
Auntie Jo is preggers again. tree →
«Preggers» is a jokey word, not for a doctor's letter. tree →
The gossip at school was that the teacher was preggers. tree →

Note

Too casual for formal writing. Asking a woman if she is preggers can be rude. Plain word: pregnant.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «preggers» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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