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- [teg]
- /tɛg/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teg]
- /tɛg/
Definitions of tegg word
- noun tegg Animal Husbandry. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep. 1
- noun tegg Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe. 1
- noun tegg British Dialect. a yearling sheep. 1
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Origin of tegg
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tegg
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tegg popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.