gegger

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UK/ˈɡɛɡə/Scotland, US/ˈɡɛɡər/

noun

Someone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes.

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Meanings

gegger1

noungegger (plural geggers)

plural geggers

  1. UKderogatoryslangSomeone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes.

gegger2

noungegger (plural geggers)

plural geggers

  1. ScotlandarchaicOne who tricks someone else.

    The street was, for a moment, in confusion; when no sooner did the geggers see that the fall would be broken, […]

    1864 January 28, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 342

Origin

From gegg (“hoax, trick”) + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Gregge
Cite this entry
APA

gegger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gegger

MLA

“gegger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gegger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gegger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gegger.

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