beg
To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
Verb 4 meanings
To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
“He begged on the street corner from passers-by.”
To plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
“I beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to cause offence.”
To unwillingly provoke a negative, often violent, reaction.
“The way you keep eating raw meat, you're just begging to get tapeworms.”
To obviously lack or be in need of something.
“A captivating novel that just begs for a movie adaptation”
Noun 1 meaning
The act of begging; an imploring request.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beggen, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *becgian, *bedcian, syncopated forms of bedecian (“to beg”), itself of obscure origin.
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BEG at a glance
BEG has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + G 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,442 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with beg
All rhymes- FILIBEG13
- ATABEG9
- BEGLERBEG15
- FILABEG13
- FILLIBEG14
- OUTBEG9
- PHILABEG16
- PHILIBEG16
- PHILLABEG17
- PHILLIBEG17
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