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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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x1)
- My sister's preggers with twins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x2)
- Is she preggers or has she just eaten a lot? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x3)
- Auntie Jo is preggers again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x4)
- «Preggers» is a jokey word, not for a doctor's letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x5)
- The gossip at school was that the teacher was preggers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/#x6)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«preggers» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preggers.html) on Mova free.