egg : Idioms & Phrases

Ant" egg`

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1. One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

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• noun European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  bird's foot clover; Lotus corniculatus; babies' slippers; bird's foot trefoil.
  
• noun eggs (fried or scrambled) served with bacon
  

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• noun (old-fashioned slang) a bad person
  

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• noun egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin
  egg en cocotte; baked egg.
  

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• noun egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
  boiled egg.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).

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• noun common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
  Linaria vulgaris; wild snapdragon; devil's flax; toadflax.
  

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• noun egg-shaped candy
  

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• noun egg-shaped chocolate candy
  

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• noun weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
  Salpichroa organifolia; Salpichroa rhomboidea.
  

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• noun egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water
  boiled egg.
  

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• noun halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white
  deviled egg.
  

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• a hard-boiled egg, sliced into halves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.

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• noun egg cooked in gently boiling water
  dropped egg.
  

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• noun (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
  duck.
  

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• noun an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
  
• noun a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter
  

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• . (a) A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter. (b) An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.

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• (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue. See Anchor, n., 5. Ogilvie.

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• noun the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
  ovum.
  

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• (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See Segmentation of the ovum, under Segmentation.

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• noun made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water
  

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• noun dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
  eggcup.
  

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• (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed.

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• noun egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin
  egg en cocotte; baked egg.
  

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• noun omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish
  egg foo yong.
  

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• noun omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fish
  egg foo yong.
  

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• noun the production of eggs (especially in birds)
  laying.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm.

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• noun narrow strip of pasta dough made with eggs
  

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• verb urge on; cause to act
  incite; prod.
  
  • The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window

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• (Zoöl.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.

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• noun minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and fried
  spring roll.
  

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Egg" squash`

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1. A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

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• noun a sandglass that runs for three minutes; used to time the boiling of eggs
  

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• noun the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
  white; ovalbumin; albumen.
  
  • she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

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• noun the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen
  yolk.
  

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• noun a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
  egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart.
  

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• noun a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
  egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart.
  

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• noun a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape
  egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart.
  

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Egg"-bird` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Phaëthon flavirostris.

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Egg"-cup` noun

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1. A cup used for holding an egg, at table.

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• adjective satellite full of eggs
  

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Egg"-glass` noun

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1. A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.

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• noun the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
  monotreme.
  

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• adjective satellite capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring
  young-bearing.
  

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• adjective satellite rounded like an egg
  oval-shaped; prolate; ovate; ovoid; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oviform.
  

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Egg"-shaped` adjective

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1. Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

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• noun toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce
  

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• noun an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
  embryo; conceptus.
  

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• noun eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter; sometimes turned and cooked on both sides
  

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• an egg producing a gamecock.

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• noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
  aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple.
  

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• noun (old-fashioned slang) a good person
  

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• noun a quantity of no importance
  cypher; aught; zip; nil; nada; zero; nix; cipher; zilch; zippo; nothing; naught; null.
  
  • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
  • reduced to nil all the work we had done
  • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
  • it was all for naught
  • I didn't hear zilch about it

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• an alchemist's vessel. Obs.

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• noun eggs (scrambled or fried) served with ham
  

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• noun an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify
  hard-boiled egg.
  

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• noun an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify
  hard-boiled egg.
  

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• noun sugar-glazed jellied candy
  jelly bean.
  

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• noun a fund of money put by as a reserve
  savings.
  
• noun device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
  

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• an egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place; hence, figuratively, something laid up as the beginning of a fund or collection.

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• . See Easter egg, under Easter.

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• noun egg cooked in gently boiling water
  dropped egg.
  

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• noun hard-cooked egg encased in sausage meat then breaded and deep-fried
  

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Scrab"bed eggs`

Etymology

CF. Scramble.

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1. A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. Halliwell.

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• noun eggs beaten and cooked to a soft firm consistency while stirring
  

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Sea" egg`

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1. (Zoöl.) A sea urchin.

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• noun egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin
  egg en cocotte; baked egg.
  

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• . See Sea purse.

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• noun halved hard-cooked egg with the yolk mashed with mayonnaise and seasonings and returned to the white
  deviled egg.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine univalve shell (Ovulum verrucosum), having the surface covered with wartlike elevations.

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• the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60° C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. Parr.

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• an imperfect, unimpregnated, or addled egg.

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• (Zoöl.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs.

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