egg

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
2. (countable, specifically) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
3. (broadly, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
4. (also, countable, uncountable) Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.
5. (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
6. (countable, uncountable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
7. (countable, uncountable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
8. (countable, uncountable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
9. (countable, dated, uncountable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
10. (countable, uncountable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
11. (countable, dated, figuratively, informal, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
12. (countable, derogatory, ethnic, figuratively, rare, slur, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
13. (Internet, countable, dated, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
14. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
15. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
16. (New-Zealand, countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
17. (countable, derogatory, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable) Senses relating to people.
18. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage.
19. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".

Verb

1. (transitive) To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
2. (transitive) To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.
3. (transitive) To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.
4. (intransitive) To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.
5. (England, dialectal, intransitive, vulgar) To conceive a child, especially recklessly.

Verb

To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).

Synonyms

ovum

eggs

testicle

ball

bollock

ballock

orchis

testis

nut

seed

egg cell

ovule

spawn

fruit

roe

nit

encourage

incite

fried egg

🍳

ovoid

louse egg

egg yolk

person

🧑‍🦱

pound cake

provoke

round

rouse

egg white

small

sort

full English breakfast

stir up

tempt

dick

circumference

edge on

vagina

yolk

aerial bomb

circle

⭕

chicken egg

hen’s egg

urge on

had-boiled egg

balls

hot pint

stone of fruit

scrambled egg

cullion

germ

Translations

huevo

🥚

oeuf

œuf

🥚

Ei

🥚

uovo

🥚

ei

🥚

ovo

🥚

ovum

🥚

yumurta

🥚

ou

🥚

αβγό

αυγό

بيضة

🥚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eg

Cognate with English: ey

Cognate with Old English: ǣġ

Inherited from Middle English: eggen

Cognate with Danish: ægge

Cognate with Faroese: eggja

Cognate with Icelandic: eggja

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English eg, egg, egge (“egg of a domestic or wild fowl; egg of a snake”) [and other forms] (originally Northern England and Northeast Midlands), from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”) (by Holtzmann’s law), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), probably from *h₂éwis (“bird”), from *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”) (in the sense of an animal clothed in feathers). Doublet of huevo, oeuf, and ovum.
The native English ey [and other forms] (plural eyren) (obsolete), from Old English ǣġ, is also derived from Proto-Germanic *ajją. It survived into at least c. 16th century before being fully displaced by egg.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Sentences

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg .