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

Other creators have begun stitching their own versions of the call, amplifying the reach of the Easter egg and keeping Stranger Things top of mind as fans await more from the final season. —Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025

Was that close proximity just a coincidence or a real-life Easter egg? —Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025

Ferragni is also being tried for a similar initiative involving Easter eggs with Dolci Preziosi. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025

In one Easter egg, Bond poses in a white mini-dress Brittany Murphy wore in Uptown Girls while holding her pet pig, Moo, who is named after the pig owned by Murphy’s character in the film. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 24 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