scrambled eggs
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- noun
- /ˈskræmbəld ɛɡz/
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huevos revueltos
- For breakfast, I always enjoy a plate of scrambled eggs with toast.
- scrambled eggs and bacon
- scrambled eggs and toast
- salad and scrambled eggs
You don't have to flip back and forth like Gordon Ramsay flips and smacks scrambled eggs around.
- You don't have to flip back and forth like Gordon Ramsay flips and smacks scrambled eggs around.
- So scrambled eggs and omelets and things like that.
- That's what it's just like on the sign out all types of scrambled eggs, dog.
Examples
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Julia set a plate of scrambled eggs and toast before Kathryn.
Fiction book (1998) -
- I make mean scrambled eggs and cook plenty of bacon.
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Tony, where are the scrambled eggs?
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- Scrambled eggs and coffee.
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No, I'll make you scrambled eggs in the morning.
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And four scrambled eggs, very loose.
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Then I had five scrambled eggs with some salt and pepper.
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He came back with the best scrambled eggs I ever had.
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In the kitchen, Doreen, dressed for work, was eating scrambled eggs and bacon.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the morning, Rachel ate scrambled eggs, waffles, and scones.
Fiction book (2001)
How Cooked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'eggs beaten and cooked while stirring' is directly and compositionally derived from 'scramble' (to stir/toss/mix) + 'eggs' — the participial form 'scrambled' signals the cooking/resulting state. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common food-denomination pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The term scrambled eggs comes from the way cooks scramble the eggs in a pan by beating and stirring them until the white and yolk mix into soft, broken pieces. That's why the phrase means 'eggs beaten and cooked while stirring' today.