erg

noun

1. A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
2. A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
3. (slang)An ergometer.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of electron-releasing group.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of employee resource group.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of electroretinogram.

verb

1. (intransitive, slang, transitive)To use an ergometer.

   “I erg every morning.”

   “She erged a steady state piece.”

   “What I mean to sy is, the exercise is helping. Although I'm not sure how you erg properly at this stage, Pulling into the sternum would be problematic.”

name

1. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”).

   “John Major struggled endlessly with Eurosceptics he termed “bastards”, while May’s nemesis was the European Research Group, or ERG, the longstanding alliance of Brexit ultras.”