Beeg

v.

Heard in Mayo and Galway

To steal or pilfer something right from under someone's nose.

He's that bold he'd beeg the lamp out of yer neck la!

Posh English

He is so audacious that he would steal the very lantern from your neck, my good man!

Same phrase, other counties

• Galway

Related terms

• Smoke under the showerHas a very large nose.
• Under the tinSafely gathered and stored under the corrugated iron roof of a hayshed.
• Now your doin it, pickin ur nose n chewin it!Your now doing it the way it should be done. you are going in the right direction.
• HobbleTo steal or pilfer something covertly.
• WabTo steal or pilfer an item illicitly.
• Right ya be!You are dead right!