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

Perry also pointed out the first film Easter eggs that even Eagle-eyed fans may have missed, including clues that foreshadow the deaths of several key characters. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 May 2025

O’Donnell: There were all these really cool Easter eggs on the performance. —Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2025

Twenty-seven sample tubes that have been sealed and left across the Martian surface like Easter eggs for that future rover to gather will be forever untouched. —Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025

Here are all the best Easter eggs from HBO's The Last of Us. —Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Apr. 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