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Prigged vs Progged - What's the difference?

prigged | progged |

As verbs the difference between prigged and progged

is that prigged is (prig) while progged is (prog).

prigged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prig)

    • prig

    English

    Etymology 1

    Of origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
  • (British, archaic) A petty thief or pickpocket
  • * William Topaz McGonagall, The Christmas Goose
    • But a policeman captur'd the naughty boy, / And gave the goose to Smiggs, / And said he was greatly bother'd / By a set of juvenile prigs .
  • (archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
    • Synonyms
    * (person exhibiting excess propriety) prude
    Derived terms
    * priggish

    Etymology 2

    Of origin.

    Verb

  • (Scotland) To haggle or argue over price.
  • (slang, dated) To filch or steal.
    • to prig a handkerchief

    Anagrams

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    progged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prog)

    • prog

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviations.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Abbreviation of progressive.
  • * 2003 , Frank Moriarty, Seventies Rock: The Decade of Creative Chaos
    • Captain Beyond had tentatively dipped their toe in the uncharted American waters of prog rock, but in England, progression was the name of the game, with a host of bands elevating themselves ...

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Progressive rock
  • (computing, informal) A program.
  • * 2001 , "n.one", transfer progs from comp to comp'' (on newsgroup ''24hoursupport.helpdesk )
  • * 2001', "Yoda", ''How do I get '''progs to run when linux 7.1 starts up?'' (on newsgroup ''linux.redhat )
  • * 2003 , "Leo Edwards", Automating the Windows backup prog to commence backups?'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.win98.apps )
    • I've looked around if I can get the prog to start a backup itself, but it still requires some manual commands.
  • proctor

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (slang, obsolete) Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • * (Robert Browning)
    • So long as he picked from the filth his prog .
  • (slang, obsolete) A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

    • Verb

    (progg)
  • (obsolete, slang) To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.
  • * Fuller
    • a perfect artist in progging for money
  • * Burke
    • I have been endeavouring to prog for you.
  • (obsolete, slang) To steal; to rob; to filch.
    • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) To prick; to goad; to progue.
    • (Webster 1913)

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