How to Pronounce "yegg"
word
jɛɡ
YEG
jɛɡ
YEG
Definition
A yegg is an old-fashioned slang word for a professional safecracker or a criminal who specializes in breaking into safes.
IPA Transcription
American English
jɛɡ
British English
jɛɡ
Simplified Pronunciation
US
YEG
UK
YEG
Listen in Context
The police arrested the yegg last night.
The old movie showed a yegg breaking into a bank vault.
A yegg is someone who cracks safes for a living.
Back in the 1920s, stories about yeggs were all over the newspapers.