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geg Meaning & Definition

Q: What is the past tense of geg?

The past tense of geg is gegged. The present participle is gegging.

What Does Geg Mean?

Geg is a symbol that means ISO 639-3 language code for Gengle. As a verb, it means To walk carelessly or in a careless manner. As a noun, it means A rut in a path.

Geg: Key Facts

Part of speech	symbol, verb, noun, interjection
Plural	gegs
Verb forms	gegs, gegging, gegged

Geg Definition (Symbol)

ISO 639-3 language code for Gengle.

Geg as a Verb

To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
To swing or see-saw.

Geg as a Noun

A rut in a path.
A swing or see-saw.

Geg as an Interjection

Used to indicate laughter or humour.

Verb

To swing.

Synonyms of Geg

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Word Forms & Grammar

geg (third-person singular simple present gegs, present participle gegging, simple past and past participle gegged)

geg (plural gegs)

geg

Origin of Geg

Origin 1: 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”).

Origin 2: Cognate also with Old Frisian gēia (“to overstep, exceed”), Norwegian dialectal geige (“to sway back and forth”), Middle High German gīgen (“to play the violin”), Old English gǣnan (“to gape”). More at jig.

Origin 3: From a corruption of kek, itself Borrowed from Korean ㅋㅋㅋ (keukeukeu, “haha”, representation of laughter).

Questions People Ask About Geg

Is geg a symbol or a verb?

Geg is mainly used as a symbol, but it can also be used as a verb, a noun and an interjection.