egging

present participle of egg

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Verb
  • The seemingly ever-present A-lister has graced magazine covers for three decades, her haircut spurring thousands of women to lop off their long locks in the '90s.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The documentary points out that a viral YouTube series helped bring the category back into fashion, and coin the phrase ‘Yacht Rock,’ which has now taken on a life of its own, spurring not only new fans of the genre but touring bands who perform a category of hits from the era as well.
    Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The animated series touches on the relationships between fathers and sons, prompting Yeun, as the lead actor, to reflect on his own fatherhood journey.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The finale left audiences with several cliffhangers, prompting the masses to ask when High Potential is coming back.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
  • San Diego Clippers coach Paul Hewitt sometimes resembles a third-base coach, waving his arms forward rapidly, exhorting his players to race the ball up the floor after a rebound or forced turnover.
    Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • One of those fans happens to be Angela Bassett‘s sister, who has apparently been hounding Bassett about the potential return of her on-screen hubby.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 21 Aug. 2025
  • An Egyptian math teacher, appalled at this attitude, began hounding him.
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • The Milwaukee mother who claimed her stepfather threw her baby from a balcony has now been charged with child abuse herself, accused of whipping her younger brothers.
    Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Olbinski ran to his car, while others hunkered down and braved the brutal winds and whipping sand.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dredge in the breadcrumbs, pressing lightly to adhere.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There doesn’t seem to be an obvious disruptive equivalent in his early 20s, when Djokovic started pressing Federer and Nadal.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Black Death and its aftermath saw a great resurgence of apocalyptic flagellation, with thousands of adherents flogging themselves up and down the Continent (the movement failed to take off in England, which figures).
    Michael Robbins, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Egging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egging. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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