Reverse Dictionary: PREGNANT

ADJECTIVES
► ABOUT TO FIND PUPS pregnant, about to give birth → 20C US sl.
► APRON-UP pregnant → 19C colloq.
► AWKWARD pregnant → L19 sl.
► BABY-BOUND pregnant → E20 US sl.
► BAGGED pregnant → a1400 obs.
► BAIRNED pregnant → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BANGED UP pregnant → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BELLY-UP pregnant → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► BIG pregnant → 1855 Eng. dial.
► BIG-BELLIED pregnant → 1803
► BIGGED pregnant → 1936 Amer. dial.
► BOUKIT pregnant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUKSOME pregnant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOUND pregnant → a1400 obs.
► BOUNDEN pregnant → c1540 obs.
► BOW-WINDOWED pregnant → M19 sl.
► BRED pregnant → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BROKEN-KNEED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant → 18C Brit.
► BROKEN-LEGGED pert. to a woman who was seduced and made pregnant → 18C Brit.
► BROUGHT TO STRAW pregnant; in childbed → 1946 Amer. dial.
► CALLED TO STRAW pregnant; in childbed → 1931 Amer. dial.
► CARRYING ALL BEFORE HER obviously pregnant → 1984 UK jocular usage
► CAUGHT pregnant → 1940 Amer. dial.
► CAUGHT SHORT pregnant out of wedlock → 1960 Amer. dial.
► CHILD-GREAT pregnant → 1605 obs.
► CHILDING pregnant → 1972 Amer. dial.
► CLUCKY pregnant; desirous of having a baby → 1913
► COCKED-UP pregnant → 19C Brit. sl.
► DAUNCEY pregnant → 1952 US sl.
► DONE UP pregnant → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DOUBLE-RIBBED pregnant → 1598
► EXPECTING pregnant → 1890 euphemism
► FALLEN ON pregnant → c1930 sl.
► FALLING APART pregnant; getting ready to ‘drop’ → 20C Amer. dial.
► FAMILIAR-WAY pregnant → 19C colloq.
► FAT pregnant → 1983 African-American sl.
► FAT AS GOD’S POCKET pregnant → 1931 Amer. dial.
► FEATHERING ONE’S NEST pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FULL-IN-THE-BELLY pregnant → 19C Brit. colloq.
► FULL OF HEIR pregnant → 20C US jocular usage
► GOING TO NEW YORK pregnant → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GONE pregnant → 1945 Aust. sl.
► GREAT-BELLIED pregnant → 1567
► GREATER pregnant → 1375 obs.
► HALF-GONE about in the middle period of pregnancy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEAVY pregnant → c1375
► HEAVY-FOOTED pregnant → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEAVY OF FOOT advanced in pregnancy → 1887 Sc.  
► HOW-CAME-YOU-SO? pregnant → 20C US colloq.
► HUNG pregnant → 1968 Amer. dial.
► IN A CERTAIN CONDITION pregnant → 1875 euphemism
► IN A FAMILY WAY pregnant → 1824 colloq.
► IN A FIX pregnant → 1927 Amer. dial.
► IN AN INTERESTING CONDITION pregnant → M18 colloq.
► IN BABY pregnant → 1942 Trinidad and Tobago
► IN BAD SHAPE pregnant → 20C US sl.
► IN FOR IT pregnant → 1910s sl.
► IN PIG pregnant → 1870 rural upper classes’ sl.
► IN POD pregnant → 1889 sl.
► IN THAT WAY pregnant → 1742 euphemism
► IN THE CLUB pregnant → 1890 euphemism
► IN THE FAMILIAR WAY pregnant → 1891 colloq., jocular usage
► IN THE FAMILY WAY pregnant → 1796 euphemism
► IN THE MOTHER WAY pregnant → 1990 Amer. dial.
► IN THE PUDDING CLUB pregnant → 1890 euphemism
► IN THE SPUD LINE pregnant → 1937 euphemism
► IN THE WAY pregnant → 1742 euphemism
► IN TROUBLE pregnant → 1891 euphemism
► JACKED UP pregnant → 1970 Amer. dial.
► KETCHED pregnant → 19C Amer. dial.
► KNAPPED pregnant → E19 Brit. sl.
► KNOCKED-UP pregnant → 20C US sl.
► LIKE THAT pregnant → 1976 Amer. dial.
► LOADED pregnant → 19C colloq.
► LUSTY pregnant → 19C Amer. dial.
► MR. KNAP HAS BEEN THERE pregnant → 19C sl.
► MR. KNAP IS CONCERNED pregnant → 19C sl.
► MUCKLE-BOOKIT pregnant → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NUI pregnant → 1938 Hawaii
► ON pregnant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ON THE HILL pregnant → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ON THE NEST pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OTHERWISE pregnant → 20C Amer. dial.
► PAGLED pregnant, made or become pregnant → 1599 obs.
► PIGGY pregnant → 1953 Amer. dial.
► PILLOWED pregnant → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► POISONED pregnant → L17 sl.
► PREG pregnant → 1955 sl.
► PREGGARS ► PREGGERS pregnant → 1942 colloq., orig. UK usage
► PREGGED pregnant → 1950s US sl.
► PREGGIE ► PREGGY pregnant → 1938 euphemism
► PREGGO ► PREGO pregnant → 1951 Aust. sl.
► PRIMIGRAVID pregnant for the first time → 1949 obstetrics & veterinary medicine usage
► PUFFED pregnant → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUMPED pregnant → M20 US sl.
► PUMPED UP pregnant → 20C Amer. sl.
► QUICK pregnant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK WITH CHILD in the stage of pregnancy at which the motion of the foetus is felt → c1450 obs.
► SETTING ON THE NEST ► SITTING ON A NEST pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SICK pregnant; in labour → 1805 Amer. dial.
► SO pregnant → 19C Brit.
► SPROGGED pregnant, having had a child or children → 1990 colloq.
► STORK-MAD eager to become pregnant; wanting to have a child; pregnant  → M20 US sl.
► STUNG BY A SERPENT pregnant → 19C sl.
► TEEMING pregnant → 1953 Amer. dial.
► THATAWAY pregnant → 1954 Amer. dial.
► THAT WAY pregnant → 1940 Amer. dial.
► TIDY pregnant → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TOO BIG FOR HER CLOTHES pregnant → 20C US colloq.
► UP pregnant → 1991 Trinidad and Tobago
► UP-AND-COMING pregnant → 20C Amer. dial.
► UP A TREE pregnant → 1941 Amer. dial.
► UP SHIT CREEK ► UP SHIT CREEK IN A BARBED WIRE CANOE WITHOUT A PADDLE ► UP SHIT CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE pregnant and unmarried, or deserted by the father of the child → 20C Aust. sl.
► UP THE CREEK pregnant → 1941 euphemism
► UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE pregnant → 1920s Aust. sl.
► UP THE DUFF pregnant → 1941 colloq., orig. Aust.
► UP THE IN AND OUT pregnant → 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘up the spout’
► UP THE KITE pregnant → 1990s sl.
► UP THE POLE pregnant → 1918 euphemism
► UP THE SPOUT pregnant → 1937 euphemism
► UP THE STICK pregnant → 1941 euphemism
► UP THE WAY pregnant → 1930s Aust. sl.
► UP THE WOP pregnant → 1981 NZ sl.
► WEARING THE HACKING JACKET ► WEARING THE JACKET pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WELL-ALONG obviously pregnant → 20C US colloq.
► WITH SQUIRREL pregnant → 20C US dial.
► WITH YOUNG pregnant; usually said of animals → 1542
► WRINKLE-BELLIED having had a number of children; usually used of a prostitute → L18 colloq.
► YOUNG WITH CHILD newly pregnant; in the early stage of pregnancy → 1612 obs.

ADVERBS
► IN THE PRESS said of a foetus in the uterus → 1952 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► ACCIDENT an unplanned pregnancy → 1932 sl.
► AFTERTHOUGHT an unplanned pregnancy; the child of an unplanned pregnancy → 1914 UK sl.
► BAD FORTUNE an unmarried woman’s pregnancy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAGGING a becoming pregnant → 1611 obs.
► BAIRN-SIGN evidence of being pregnant → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BELLYFUL OF MARROW-PUDDING, A pregnancy → 19C Brit. sl.
► DELICATE CONDITION pregnancy → 1827 US euphemism
► GREATNESS pregnancy → 1450 obs.
► IRISH TOOTHACHE a pregnancy → L19 Brit. sl.
► I.T.A. a pregnancy (Irish Toothache) → L19 Brit. sl., 
► LAP-CLAP a pregnancy; conception → E18 Brit. sl.
► MISTAKE an unplanned pregnancy and the child that follows → 1950s euphemism
► MOLEHILL a pregnant stomach → E18 sl.
► OBS care of women during pregnancy; obstetrics → 1985 UK hospital sl.
► PADDY’S TOOTHACHE pregnancy → 1886 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PREGNANCE pregnancy → 1533
► PUDDING CLUB pregnancy → 1890 Brit. sl.
► RABBIT-PULLING care of women during pregnancy; obstetrics → L19 medical students’ usage
► RABBIT TEST a test for pregnancy in women → 1977
► TOCOLOGY care of women during pregnancy; obstetrics; the science of parturition, or of midwifery → 1828

NOUNS – PERSON
► ADAM’S FRUIT pregnant women → 1986 US lumberjacks’ usage (Bk.)
► BELLY-WOMAN a pregnant, unmarried woman → 1816 W. Indies
► DOULA a person, typically an experienced mother, who provides emotional support, practical help, and advice to a woman during pregnancy and childbirth and for the first few weeks after birth → 1969
► FAMILY WOMAN a pregnant woman → 1929 Amer. dial.
► LADY IN WAITING a pregnant woman → 20C Brit. & US colloq.
► LIGHTBULB a pregnant, unmarried girl → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► MOTHER-TO-BE a pregnant woman → 1899
► MULTIGRAVIDA orig., a woman who has been pregnant more than once, or many times; later, a pregnant woman who has had at least one or two previous pregnancies → 1890
► MULTIP a woman who produces several offspring at one time → 1948 colloq.
► MULTIPARA a woman who produces several offspring at one time → 1855
► NINER a woman in  her ninth month of pregnancy → 1951 Aust. sl.
► PREGGO ► PREGO a pregnant woman → 1951 Aust. sl.
► PRIMIGRAVID a female in her first pregnancy → 1981 obstetrics & veterinary medicine usage
► PRIMIGRAVIDA a female in her first pregnancy → 1884 obstetrics & veterinary medicine usage
► PRIMIP a female who is giving or has given birth for the first time; one who is pregnant for the first time → 1927 obstetrics usage
► PRIMIPARA a female who is giving or has given birth for the first time; one who is pregnant for the first time → 1833 obstetrics & veterinary medicine usage
► VIRGIN MARY ‘an obviously pregnant single girl who insists she is merely gaining weight, then leaves town to go on a diet’ → 1966 US sl.

PHRASES
► DOG BIT ‘EM said of an unmarried, pregnant woman → 1941 Amer. dial.
► IT’S NOT THE BULL THEY’RE AFRAID OF ► IT’S THE CALF a phrase implying that girls fear, not the loss of virginity, but pregnancy → 20C Aust. sl.
► SHE’S BROKE HER ANKLE she has an illegitimate pregnancy → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHE SWALLOWED A PUNKIN SEED she’s pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► THE RABBIT DIED used for indicating a state of pregnancy → 1998 UK sl.
► THERE’S MORE IN HER BELLY THAN EVER WENT THROUGH HER MOUTH said of a pregnant woman → 19C colloq.
► WEARS HER APRON-HIGH pregnant → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BAG to be pregnant → a1400 obs.
► BAIRN to make pregnant → 1827 Sc.
► BATTLE to impregnate someone; to have sex → 1998 NZ sl.
► BE BAGGED to be pregnant → 1603 obs.
► BE HIT ON THE MASTER VEIN to be made pregnant → 16C sl.
► BE IN AN INTERESTING CONDITION to be pregnant → 1748 sl.
► BELLY UP to show signs of pregnancy → 1979 Amer. dial.
► BIG to make pregnant → 1917 Amer. dial.
► BLOW UP to make pregnant → 1803 Amer. dial. obs.
► BREAK ONE’S ANKLE to become pregnant while unmarried → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BREAK ONE’S LEG to become pregnant; to become married while unmarried → 1908 Amer. dial.
► BREAK ONE’S TOE to become pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BREED to be pregnant; to give birth → 1912 Amer. dial.
► BURN ONE’S FOOT to become pregnant → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CATCH to become pregnant; to make pregnant → 1912 Amer. dial.
► EAT BAD FOOD to get pregnant → 1974 Trinidad & Tobago
► EAT DRIED APPLES to become pregnant; to show signs of pregnancy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EAT DRIED APRICOTS to become pregnant; to show signs of pregnancy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EAT DRIED FRUIT to become pregnant; to show signs of pregnancy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EAT GREEN APPLES to become pregnant; to show signs of pregnancy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► EAT PEACHES to become pregnant; to show signs of pregnancy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► EAT PUMPKIN SEEDS to swell with pregnancy → 1967 Amer. dial.
► EAT SUPPER BEFORE ONE SAYS GRACE to be pregnant before marriage; to conceive a child → 1984 Amer. dial.
► FALL to become pregnant → 1722 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FALL FOR to become pregnant → 1959 sl.
► FALL ON to become pregnant → 1976 UK sl.
► FALL WITH BAIRN to become pregnant → 1813 Sc.
► FILL IN to make pregnant → 20C Aust. sl.
► FLOURISH to be pregnant → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GET A BELLY-BUMPER to become pregnant → 19C sl.
► GET WRONG to make pregnant → 20C sl.
► GO TO RICHMOND to become pregnant; to be near to giving birth to a child → 1944 Amer. dial.
► GREATEN to become pregnant → 1375 obs.
► HAVE A BEAN IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE A BUN IN THE CLUB to be pregnant → 1973
► HAVE A BUN IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 19C Brit. & US colloq.
► HAVE A BUN IN THE TIN to be pregnant → 1994
► HAVE A COOKIE IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1960 Amer. sl.
► HAVE A DUCK IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE A DUMPLING ON to be pregnant → L19 Brit. colloq.
► HAVE A FOREST FIRE IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1977
► HAVE A HUMP IN THE FRONT to be pregnant → 19C colloq.
► HAVE AN EGG IN THE NEST to be pregnant → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE A NINE-MONTHS DROPSY to be pregnant → 19C Brit. sl.
► HAVE A POTATO IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE A SCONE IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 2003
► HAVE A TURKEY IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE BREAD IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAVE ONE IN THE BOX to be pregnant → 19C colloq.
► HAVE ONE IN THE OVEN to be pregnant → 19C Brit. & US colloq.
► HAVE ONE’S APRON-UP to be pregnant → L19 Brit. sl.
► HAVE ONE’S CARGO ABOARD to be pregnant → 19C Brit. sl.
► JAZZ UP to impregnate a woman → E20 US sl.
► KETCH to be pregnant → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KNOCK UP to make pregnant → 1813 US sl.
► MEAT to get a woman pregnant → 1954 Amer. dial.
► PLANT CORN A-FORE THE FENCE IS BUILT to get pregnant before marriage; to conceive a child → 1984 Amer. dial.
► POLE to make pregnant → 1960s sl.
► PUT IN THE CLUB to make pregnant → 1943 sl.
► PUT UP THE POLE to make pregnant → 1961 Irish English
► QUICKEN to reach the stage of pregnancy at which the child shows signs of life → 1530
► SEAL to impregnate a woman → 19C Brit. sl.
► SET THE GOOSE to become pregnant → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SPRAIN ONE’S ANKLE to be seduced and become pregnant; to lose one’s virginity → 1785 euphemism obs.
► SPROG to get a woman pregnant → 1965 colloq.
► STORK to make pregnant → 1936 US sl.
► TEEM to be pregnant → 1889 Eng. dial. obs.
► WALK UPHILL to be pregnant → 1944 Amer. dial.
► WEAR THE BUSTLE WRONG to be pregnant → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)