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    [Noun]  | "egg" | \ ˈeg \


    1: the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken; also : its contents used as food

    2: an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence

    3: ovum

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English egge, from Old Norse egg; akin to Old English ǣg egg, Latin ovum, Greek ōion;

    [Noun]  | "egg and dart" 


    1: a carved ornamental design in relief consisting of an egg-shaped figure alternating with a figure somewhat like an elongated javelin or arrowhead

    Origin: circa 1864 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg case" 


    1: a protective case enclosing eggs : ootheca —called also egg capsule

    Origin: 1847 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg cell" 


    1: ovum

    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg cream" 


    1: a sweetened drink made with milk or cream and other ingredients; especially : a drink consisting of milk, a flavoring syrup, and soda water

    Origin: 1906 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg foo yong" | \ ˈeg-ˈfü-ˈyəŋ \


    1: a fried egg patty containing vegetables (such as bean sprouts) and sometimes meat

    Origin: 1917 ;

     Chinese (Guangdong) fùh yùhng egg white, egg-coated ingredients, literally, a kind of hibiscus;

    [Noun]  | "egg roll" 


    1: a thin egg-dough casing filled with minced vegetables and often bits of meat (such as shrimp or chicken) and usually deep-fried

    Origin: 1934 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg timer" 


    1: a small sandglass for timing the boiling of eggs

    Origin: 1884 ;

    [Verb]  | "egg" 


    1: to incite to action —usually used with on

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Old Norse eggja; akin to Old English ecg edge {mat|edge|};

    [Verb]  | "egg" 


    1: to cover with egg

    2: to pelt with eggs

    Origin: 1833 ;

    [Noun]  | "egg" 


    1: a member of the human race;


      * e.g., " ... kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard "



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    [Noun]  | "goose egg" 


    1: the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it;


      * e.g., " ... was such a bad bowler that his final score was a big, fat goose egg "



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    [Noun]  | "nest egg" 


    1: a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose;


      * e.g., " ... paid for the computer out of his nest egg "



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    [Verb]  | "egg" 


    1: as in whip, prompt;


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    [Verb]  | "egg (on)" 


    1: to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action;


      * e.g., " ... though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon "



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    [Phrase]  | "egg on one's face" 


    1: the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable;


      * e.g., " ... Bested by his peers, he mumbled something and walked away with egg on his face. "



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    [Phrase]  | "lay an egg" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. "




    2: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. "



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    [Phrase]  | "laid an egg" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. "




    2: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. "



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    [Phrase]  | "lays an egg" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. "




    2: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. "



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    [Phrase]  | "laying an egg" 


    1: to make a mistake;


      * e.g., " ... His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong. "




    2: to be unsuccessful;


      * e.g., " ... The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third. "



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     [ "egg" ]

    1: egg

      * e.g.,  ... egg 

     [ "egg" ]

    1: the fucking food

      * e.g.,  ... i ate a fucking egg for breakfast 

     [ "egg" ]

    1: Christ, what is wrong with you people ? An egg is an egg. A conjugating cell which unites with another of like or unlike character to form a new individual.

      * e.g.,  ... Fred: What is that ? 

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    2: Most talked about is the chicken's egg, usually white or brown in colour and shaped like an oval with a fat end. Alot of people eat them, but vegans don't eat them.

      * e.g.,  ... Tom: It's an egg ! 

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    3: And people who don't like them don't eat them either.

     [ "egg" ]

    1: Overweight russian who rarely bathes or changes his clothes for weeks on end causing an extremely strong body odor.

      * e.g.,  ... That Dubinsky is such an egg. 

     [ "egg" ]

    2: Slang term from the Brighton Beach/Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn, NY.

     [ "egg" ]

    1: white on the outside, yellow on the inside.

      * e.g.,  ... keith is an egg. 

     [ "egg" ]

    2: a wanna be asian.

      * e.g.,  ... "my kimono is too long. Damn im such an egg" 

     [ "egg" ]

    1: a white person who is very asian inside; that one white kid who hangs out with all the asians

      * e.g.,  ... "Why does he always hang out with asians?" 

     [ "egg" ]

    1: a white person that has a fetish for asian women/men. white on the outside/yellow on the inside.

      * e.g.,  ... goddamit, i am such a fucking egg. i get rock hard every time i go to the asian market and see those tight asian women. 

     [ "egg" ]

    1: top 10 sus

      * e.g.,  ... egggggggggggggggggggggggg 

     [ "egg" ]

    2: egg- sus

     [ "egg" ]

    1: adj.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh, my! That egg over there is lurking in the shadows... Woahhhh...Why am I the only one who did not dress in costume for this party? I feel hella egg right now... 

     [ "egg" ]

    2: awkward or out of place; creepy in a highly uncomfortable way.

     [ "egg" ]

    3: Variations: eggster, eggsauce, eggish n.

     [ "egg" ]

    4: a person, place, or thing that is awkward or out of place; a person, place, or thing that makes one highly uncomfortable.

     [ "egg" ]

    5: Variations: eggster, eggsauce

     [ "egg" ]

    1: The oval object that birds lay. Some you eat, some you leave to hatch. Also:

      * e.g.,  ... 1) Matt: You're gay. Jahdon: Shutup you egg. 

     [ "egg" ]

    2: Slang for an Ecstacy Tablet.

      * e.g.,  ... 2) Hey man i'll give you an egg for $35 

     [ "egg" ]

    3: Something an immature child calls another child as a supposed insult.

      * e.g.,  ... 3) Wow, the chicken just laid an egg! 

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