different between ligger vs legger

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l???/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l???/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *liggere, variant of Middle English *li?ere (“lier”), equivalent to lie +? -er, or lig +? -er. See ledger.

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
2. A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
3. A nether millstone.
4. A coverlet for a bed.

Etymology 2

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
   • 2006, "Peaches gets own band", The Sun, 29 August

     Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.

   • 2005, "Wicked Whispers", The Mirror, 29 January

     The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.

   • 1984, "Killed by Death", BBC, 1 September

     I'm a lone wolf ligger, but I ain't no pretty boy. I'm a backbone shiver and I'm a bundle of joy

Etymology 3

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

1. A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).
2. (fishing) A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.

   Synonyms: ledger, ledger line

Anagrams

• Riggle, riggle

Danish

Verb

ligger

1. present of ligge

Middle English

Noun

ligger

1. Alternative form of lygger

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

ligger

1. present tense of ligge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ligger

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of ligge
2. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of liggje

Swedish

Verb

ligger

1. present tense of ligga.

English

Noun

legger (plural leggers)

1. (informal) A bootlegger.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     Oh, you mean the ex-legger the eldest girl picked up and went and married.

2. (Britain, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic.

Anagrams

• eggler

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch legger. Equivalent to leggen +? -er. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.??r/
• Hyphenation: leg?ger
• Rhymes: -???r

Noun

legger m (plural leggers, diminutive leggertje n)

1. An animal that lays eggs, especially an egg-producing bird.
2. A ledger, register (book for keeping records and/or notes).
3. (textual criticism) A vorlage (edition of a text that is the immediate predecessor or one of the immediate predecessors of another edition).

Lombard

Etymology

From leggero.

Adjective

legger

1. light (of weight)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

legger m

1. indefinite plural of legg

Verb

legger

1. present active of legge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• leggar

Noun

legger m

1. indefinite plural of legg

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• legg

Verb

legger

1. (nonstandard) present tense of legga, legge, leggja and leggje