verb · intransitive · rare

geg

geg · gegs · gegged · gegging

To walk carelessly or in a careless mannerTo walk carelessly or in a careless manner.

Meaning

2 senses

(Northern England, dialectal)To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
(dialectal)To swing or see-saw.

Origin

Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to

Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną (“to deviate, totter, transgress”), causative of *gīganą (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”); related to Old English *gǣġan (“to go, walk, pass by”), as in forgǣġan (“to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit”), ofergǣġan (“to transgress”).

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Forms

gegs, gegging, gegged, gegged

Base form	geg · to geg
3rd person singular	gegs
Present participle	gegging
Past simple	gegged
Past participle	gegged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	geg
he, she, it	gegs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gegged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gegged
he, she, it	has gegged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will geg

Word family

1 related words

Derivedgeg in

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

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