veg out
noun, plural veg, veg·es. Chiefly British, Informal.
1.
a vegetable.
verb (used without object), vegged, veg·ging. Slang.
2.
to relax in a mindless way (usually fol. by out ): We vegged out all weekend, watching the soccer channel and ordering pizza. Tonight I'll go home and veg with a good book.
Origin:
1940–45; by shortening
1940–45; by shortening
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veg (vɛdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| informal a vegetable or vegetables | |
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Veg out
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| veg out | |
| —vb , vegges, vegging, vegged | |
| slang chiefly (US) (intr, adv) to relax in an inert passive way; vegetate: vegging out in front of the television set | |
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| Main Entry: | veg out |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to relax or be idle; vegetate |
| Etymology: | allusion to vegetables' passivity |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| VEG very evil grin |
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