to egg
- verb
- /ɛɡ/
- After you egg the chicken, it will be ready for seasoning and frying.
Examples
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To make the croquettes, you need to egg the potatoes before coating them in breadcrumbs.
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I egged your house once when I was a sophomore.
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And then I've beaten an egg in that little bowl as my egg wash.
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Before frying the fish, be sure to egg it so the breadcrumbs stick well.
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 Coated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Egg as a cooking verb (to coat food) comes from using the noun egg in the kitchen, where beaten eggs or an egg wash are put on food before frying or baking. So to egg something in cooking is to give it an 'egg' coating to help it become brown and crispy.