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

sometimes 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

sometimes 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

You guys will get to see a couple of Easter eggs in the clothes. —Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025

Those aren’t just fan-service Easter eggs, Trachtenberg says. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

Fans have been tearing the new Springfield Island map apart to unearth Easter eggs and hidden gags, including a full dissection of the notorious wonky house that the family inhabits. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025

There will be Easter eggs for people who enjoyed the short, but the movie will exist as a standalone story. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1572, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Easter egg

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