the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.

such a body produced by a domestic bird, esp. the hen.

the contents of an egg or eggs

raw egg; fried eggs.

anything resembling a hen's egg.

Also called egg cell. the female gamete; ovum.

Informal . person

He's a good egg.

Slang . an aerial bomb.

to prepare (food) by dipping in beaten egg. ?

egg on one's face

Informal . humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise

They were afraid to back the losing candidate and wind up with egg on their faces.

lay an egg, Informal . to fail wretchedly

esp. to be unsuccessful in front of an audience

He laid an egg as the romantic hero.

put all one's eggs in one basket

to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise.

walk on eggs

to walk or act very cautiously.

noun

bud , cackle * , cackleberry , germ , nucleus , oospore , ovum , roe , rudiment , spawn , yellow eye , cell , chicken , embryo , fellow , food , gamete , oviparity , ovoviviparity , ovule , person , seed