preggers

English

Etymology

Shortening of pregnant +‎ -ers

Pronunciation

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Adjective

preggers (not comparable)

1. (informal) Pregnant.
   • 2007 July 14, Kyrie O'Connor, “Bluff the Listener”, Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me, National Public Radio:

     Michael's troubles may be over soon, except that Christal claims to be preggers with triplets.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pregnant

Translations

informal: pregnant

• Bulgarian: бременна (bremenna)
• French: en cloque (fr)
• Italian: incinta (it) f
• Swedish: på smällen (sv)