egg
IPA: ˈɛg
noun
- (countable, zoology)
- 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.
- (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
- (by extension, countable) A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
- (also cytology) Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.
- (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
- A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.
- (architecture) Chiefly in egg and dart: an ornamental oval moulding alternating in a row with dart or triangular shapes.
- (chiefly sports) A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg.
- (military, dated) A bomb or mine.
- (countable, figuratively)
- Senses relating to people.
- (informal, dated) A person; a fellow.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, rare) A white person considered to be overly infatuated with East Asia.
- (Internet slang, derogatory, dated) A user of the microblogging service Twitter identified by the default avatar (historically an image of an egg (sense 1.1.1)) rather than a custom image; hence, a newbie or noob.
- (transgender slang) A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning; also, one's lack of awareness that one is transgender.
- (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
- (derogatory, obsolete) A young person.
- (archaic) Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage.
- (computing) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".
- A surname.
- (automotive, informal) A Koenigsegg car.
- Initialism of electroglottography. [The use of the electroglottograph.]
verb
- (transitive)
- To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
- To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.
- (cooking) 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.
- (intransitive) To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.
- (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
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