egg

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕg
• IPA ^(key): /ɛɡ/ or /eɪɡ/
• SAMPA: /Eg/

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Noun

Singular egg

Plural eggs

Eggs

1. (countable & uncountable) An egg is a common food that is ball-shaped and can have a baby animal inside, such as a chicken, a fish, a snake, etc.

   I had a boiled egg for breakfast.

2. (countable) An egg is a cell in the female's body that can become a baby when it is joined by a male cell.

Verb

Plain form egg

Third-person singular eggs

Past tense egged

Past participle egged

Present participle egging

1. To throw eggs at something.

   On Halloween, naughty children egg houses.

Related words

• egg on