egged; egging; eggs
: to incite to action
—usually used with on
Examples of egg in a Sentence
Verb (1)
though exhausted, I was egged on by spectators to finish the marathon
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Huo Jingnan, NPR, 31 May 2026
What might have played effectively live on stage feels brutally stilted and over-egged here, especially as Maras surrounds his and Haig’s weakest material with the visual language of prestige cinema.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
Why something with the punch of classical tragedy — love destroyed from within by an inexplicable streak of evil — had to be so over-egged is baffling.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
The incident began May 25, 2025, when three Hillsdale High School teenaged boys egged Miceli’s house, two days after pouring oil on his front porch, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
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While giving users information on how to conduct harmful activities could be concerning, the more worrying part is how the chatbots can egg users on, said Samuel Hunter, senior scientist and director of academic research at NCITE.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 31 May 2026
What might have played effectively live on stage feels brutally stilted and over-egged here, especially as Maras surrounds his and Haig’s weakest material with the visual language of prestige cinema.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
Why something with the punch of classical tragedy — love destroyed from within by an inexplicable streak of evil — had to be so over-egged is baffling.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 May 2026
The incident began May 25, 2025, when three Hillsdale High School teenaged boys egged Miceli’s house, two days after pouring oil on his front porch, prosecutors said.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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egg
2 of 2 noun1
a
: a hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by domestic poultry
also
: its contents used as food
b
: a reproductive body produced by an animal and consisting of an ovum with its food-containing and protecting envelopes and being capable of development into a new individual
c
: a germ cell produced by a female
called also ovum
2
: something shaped like an egg
darning egg
Etymology
Verb
Old Norse eggja "to incite"
Noun
Middle English egge "egg," from early Norse egg (same meaning)
Medical Definition
egg
noun1
: the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird and especially by the common domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
2
: an animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum together with its nutritive and protective envelopes and having the capacity to develop into a new individual capable of independent existence
3
: ovum
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