Teg
//tɛɡ// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn. UK, dated, dialectal
"One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill."
- 2 Abbreviation of thromboelastography. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 3 two-year-old sheep wordnet
- 4 A doe in its second year. UK, dated, dialectal
- 5 Abbreviation of thromboelastograph. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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- 6 A child's tooth. UK
"TEG [tɛɡ] - tooth (child's)."
- 7 Abbreviation of thromboelastogram. abbreviation, alt-of, countable
- 8 Initialism of thermoelectric generator. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 9 Acronym of triethylene glycol. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Example
More examples"One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill."
Etymology
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
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