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egg in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
egg in Sindhi سنڌي
egg in Telugu తెలుగు
egg in English
- egg⇄adj. egglike.
- egg⇄egg (1), noun, verb.
- egg⇄egg (2), transitive verb.
to urge or encourage (on).
Ex. We egged the team on when it was behind.
(SYN) incite. - egg⇄expr. egg on one's face, humiliation.
Ex. It is strange that these trends should coincide with the sudden splattering of egg on Uncle Sam's face in Madagascar (C. L. Sulzberger). - egg⇄expr. have (or put) all one's eggs in one basket, to risk everything that one has on one chance.
Ex. [She] admonishes against putting ""all our eggs in one basket--we don't want to lean too heavily upon the Eisenhower popularity"" (New York Times). - egg⇄expr. lay an egg, (Slang.) to fail utterly; flop.
Ex. What if ""The Big Show"" laid an egg? Worse yet, what if I laid an egg in ""The Big Show""? (Tallulah Bankhead). - egg⇄expr. walk on eggs, to act with extreme caution.
Ex. The agency has lost all the excitement and sense of purpose ... and everybody there is walking on eggs (Atlantic). - egg⇄noun 1. a round or oval body that is laid by the female of birds, insects, many reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and other animals that do not bring forth living young. An egg is covered with a shell or membrane. Young animals hatch from these eggs.
- egg⇄v.i. 1. to prepare (food) with eggs.
2. to hit with (rotten) eggs.