pregnant : Idioms & Phrases


Negative pregnant

  • (Law), a negation which implies an affirmation.
Webster 1913

pregnant chad

  • noun a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
    dimple; dimpled chad.
WordNet

Pregnant construction

  • (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.
Webster 1913