with child meaning

Adjective: with child  withchIld

1. In an advanced stage of pregnancy
   "was big with child"; "was great with child"
   - big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy

See also: pregnant

[American slang]
Euph. pregnant. (Biblical. Typically: be ~; get a woman ~.)
  The first thing he did after he got married was to get his wife with child.
  She deliberately set out to get herself with child, as they say.

• child:    Noun: child (child ...
• a poster child:    [American slang]Fi ...
• abandoned child:    [Medicine]A child ...

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1. she has gone six months with child.
2. she is ( heavy ) with child again.
3. she is heavy with child again.
4. she is big with child again.
5. you had a love affair all summer and got this girl with child and now i suppose you'll sneak off.