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Definition egg

Etymology 1

From Middle English egge, from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajj? (“egg”) (by Holtzmann's law), from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm (“egg”). Cognate with Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Norwegian egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”). The native English ey (plural eyren), akin to Dutch ei (plural eieren) and German Ei (plural Eier) are ultimately from the same Proto-Germanic root, survived into the 16th century before being fully displaced by egg. More at ey.

Noun

egg (plural eggs)

1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
2. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
3. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
4. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
5. A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
6. (slang, mildly derogatory, potentially offensive) A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
7. (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
8. (informal) A person, fellow.
9. (LGBT) A person who has not yet realized they are transgender, has not yet come out, or is in the early stages of transitioning.
10. (computing) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".

Verb

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. To throw eggs at.
2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”).

Verb

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.

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