to egg
- verb
- /ɛɡ/
- - I'm going to egg his house.
The loser of the whole challenge has to get egged in their boxers.
- The loser of the whole challenge has to get egged in their boxers.
Examples
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Some students planned to egg the principal's office after their football team lost.
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- You want to egg his house?
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Like, are you gonna egg houses...
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I'll be there in a bit to egg your house.
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If someone eggs your house, burn theirs down.
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Next thing you know, they'll be egging my house.
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So, we egged Robinson's house and rolled Aaron Murray's house.
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They decided to egg the teacher's car to protest the unfair grading policy.
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He was caught trying to egg her house during the late-night rally.
Synonyms
To throw a pastry at someone as a joke or protest
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices spooned back into the white
- US
A cold sweet drink with milk, chocolate syrup, and soda water, without egg or cream
- Specialized
A female cell that can join with a sperm to grow into a new animal or plant
An egg cooked gently in its shell in hot water so the white becomes set and the yolk stays soft
- Specialized
A light that lets you look inside an egg to check its quality without breaking the shell
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped parts next to pointed shapes used on classical buildings
- Specialized
A decorative border with egg-shaped figures alternating with small pointed shapes
- UK
A small egg-shaped sweet made of soft jelly with a sugar coating often eaten at Easter
A hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage, coated with breadcrumbs, then fried or baked and eaten cold as a snack
- Specialized
An egg baked in a small dish with cream until the white sets and yolk stays soft
A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices and put back into the white
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Egg as a verb (to 'throw eggs' at someone) comes straight from the noun egg, because people would use eggs as things to throw in anger or as a prank. So to egg someone is literally to use an 'egg' to show dislike or make a joke.