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

Technically no, though there is a brief ACOTAR Easter egg in Kingdom of Ash. — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026

The small Easter egg adds personality to an interface otherwise dominated by performance data. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

There are Easter eggs all over, and the series offers a good excuse to rewatch the original movie to catch even more and compare the gorgeous haunting lake views. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

While Season 1 focuses on Hannah and Garrett, Stephen Kalyn’s Dean DiLaurentis and Mika Abdalla’s Allie Hayes were heavily teed up to take over for Season 2, and Easter eggs were planted for the other two teammates’ love stories in Season 1. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 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