expecting (a child)

IDM ตั้งท้อง  ตั้งครรภ์  tang-tong

EXPECTING

ppr. Waiting or looking for the arrival of.

EXPECTINGLY

EXPECTINGLY Ex *pect "ing *ly, adv.

expecting

expecting adjective informal See expectant (sense 2 ).

expecting

expecting adjective informal his wife's expecting again: pregnant, expecting a baby, having a baby, having a child, carrying a child; French enceinte; informal in the family way, expecting a happy event, eating for two, preggers, preggy, with a bun in the oven, with one in the oven; Brit. informal in the club, in the pudding club, up the duff, up the spout, up the stick; N. Amer. informal knocked up; Austral. informal preggo, clucky; informal, dated in trouble, in pod; technical gravid, parturient; archaic with child, heavy /big with child, in a delicate condition, in an interesting condition, childing, on the way; rare impregnate.