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Definitions for Egg

[1] the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
[2] such a body produced by a domestic bird, especially the hen.
[3] the contents of an egg or eggs: raw egg; fried eggs.
[4] anything resembling a hen's egg.
[5] Also called egg cell. the female gamete; ovum.
[6] Informal . person: He's a good egg.
[7] Slang . an aerial bomb.
[8] to prepare (food) by dipping in beaten egg.
[9] egg on one's face , Informal . humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise: They were afraid to back the losing candidate and wind up with egg on their faces.
[10] lay an egg , Informal . to fail wretchedly, especially to be unsuccessful in front of an audience: He laid an egg as the romantic hero.
[11] put all one's eggs in one basket , to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise.
[12] walk on eggs , to walk or act very cautiously.
[13] to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on ).
[14] the oval or round reproductive body laid by the females of birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, and some other animals, consisting of a developing embryo, its food store, and sometimes jelly or albumen, all surrounded by an outer shell or membrane
[15] Also called: egg cell any female gamete; ovum
[16] the egg of the domestic hen used as food
[17] something resembling an egg, esp in shape or in being in an early stage of development
[18] bad egg old-fashioned , informal a bad person an exclamation of dismay
[19] good egg old-fashioned , informal a good person an exclamation of delight
[20] lay an egg slang , mainly US and Canadian to make a joke or give a performance, etc, that fails completely (of a joke, performance, etc) to fail completely; flop
[21] put all one's eggs in one basket or have all one's eggs in one basket to stake everything on a single venture
[22] teach one's grandmother to suck eggs to presume to teach someone something that he knows already
[23] with egg on one's face informal made to look ridiculous
[24] to dip (food) in beaten egg before cooking
[25] US informal to throw eggs at
[26] (tr usually foll by on ) to urge or incite, esp to daring or foolish acts

Words related to Egg

spawn, ovum, rudiment, germ, nucleus, bud, cackle, roe, oospore, cackleberry

Words nearby Egg

eger, egeria, egest, egesta, egestion, egg, egg albumin, egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, egg case

Origin of Egg

21150–1200; Middle English < Old Norse eggja to incite, derivative of egg edge

Other words from Egg

egg·less , adjective
egg·y , adjective

Word origin for Egg

Old English eggian, from Old Norse eggja to urge; related to Old English ecg edge , Middle Low German eggen to harrow

Synonyms for Egg

bud, cackle, germ, nucleus, oospore, ovum, roe, rudiment, spawn, cackleberry, yellow eye