Easter egg

noun

plural Easter eggs

1

: an egg that is dyed and sometimes decorated and that is associated with the celebration of Easter

2

or less commonly Easter Egg or easter egg plural Easter Eggs or easter eggs : a hidden feature in a commercially released product (such as software or a DVD)

3

or less commonly Easter Egg or easter egg : a usually subtle callback (see callback sense 3) included to please fans

They certainly didn't disappoint …, littering the movie with a bunch of fun Easter eggs for fans of the video games and other cool inside jokes.

—Craig Flaster

Examples of Easter egg in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Classic Google used to provide a list of 10 links on each page, but there are only seven included in the Easter egg. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Stylist Sessions is a series of conversations in which Vanity Fair’s style correspondent, José Criales-Unzueta, unpacks the details, strategies, and Easter eggs on red carpets with the leading stylists. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026

Catching sight of real-estate agents in listing photos long felt like blatant sloppiness or, less often, a bizarre Easter egg. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 29 Oct. 2026

Films are greenlit based on the quality of their individual scripts, not the Easter eggs that connect them. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Easter egg

• beg
• clegg
• keg
• leg
• legg
• meg
• neg
• peg
• reg
• blackleg
• bootleg
• foreleg