Adjective: up the stick
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
"The farmer noticed that several of his cows were up the stick";
- pregnant, up the spout [informal], up the duff [Brit, informal], preggo [Austral, NZ, informal], preggers [informal]
See also: big, enceinte [archaic], expectant, gravid [technical], great, heavy, large, with child [archaic]