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egg
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?g, IPA(key): /??/
- (also) enPR: ?g, IPA(key): /e??/ (some Canadian and US accents)
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English egge, from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajj? (“egg”) (by Holtzmann's law), from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm (“egg”). Cognate with Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Norwegian egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”).
The native English ey (plural eyren), akin to Dutch ei (plural eieren) and German Ei (plural Eier) are ultimately from the same Proto-Germanic root, survived into the 16th century before being fully displaced by egg. More at ey.
Alternative forms
- egge (obsolete)
Noun
egg (plural eggs)
- (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
- (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.
- (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
- Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
- A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
- (slang, mildly derogatory, potentially offensive) A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
- (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
- (archaic, derogatory) A young person.
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:
- What, you egg!
- 1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:
- (informal) A person, fellow.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
- Up close he looked like a pretty tough egg. His hair was bristling up in the back in spite of what smelled like a whole bottle of Wildroot Creme Oil and he had the flat, oddly shiny eyes that some deep-sea fish have.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
- (LGBT, slang) A person who is regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, has not yet come out, or is in the early stages of transitioning.
- 2018, Casey Plett, Little Fish (?ISBN), page 24:
- That fits, though, she thought. Wear the same outfit day after day, your brain gets numb to how it looks or feels—Wendy shut the album. No. […] She hated analyzing the whys of [not-out] trans girls. She had always hated it, and she hated how easy it had become; the bottomless hole of egg mode.
- 2018, Casey Plett, Little Fish (?ISBN), page 24:
- (computing) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".
- 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium
- This approach would be altered for an optimal omelette based exploit. One would spray the heap with the omelette code solely, then load a single copy of the additional shellcode eggs into memory outside the target region for the spray.
- 2015, Herbert Bos, Fabian Monrose, Gregory Blanc, Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 18th International Symposium
- (Internet slang, derogatory) A user of the microblogging service Twitter who has the default egg avatar rather than a custom picture.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Jamaican Creole: eg
- Sranan Tongo: eksi
Translations
See egg/translations § Noun.
Verb
egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)
- To throw eggs at.
- (cooking) To dip in or coat with beaten egg.
- To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
- After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.
Translations
See also
- caviar
- roe
Etymology 2
From Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”).
Verb
egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)
- (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.
- 14th c., William Langland, Piers Plowman, Passus 1,[1]
- Þerinne wonieth a wi?te · þat wronge is yhote
- Fader of falshed · and founded it hym-selue
- Adam and Eue · he egged to ille
- Conseilled caym · to kullen his brother
- 1571, Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of David and others. With M. John Calvins Commentaries, “Epistle Dedicatorie,”[2]
- […] yit have wee one thing in our selves and of our selves (even originall sinne, concupiscence or lust) which never ceaseth too egge us and allure us from God […]
- 14th c., William Langland, Piers Plowman, Passus 1,[1]
Derived terms
- egg on
- over-egg
Translations
Further reading
- egg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (transgender): Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze (2019, ?ISBN), page 98
Anagrams
- GGE, Geg, geg
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm.
Noun
egg n (genitive singular egs, plural egg)
- egg
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”).
Noun
egg f (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar)
- blade, edge
- border, edge of a cliff
Declension
German
Pronunciation
Verb
egg
- singular imperative of eggen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of eggen
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k?/
- Rhymes: -?k?
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm. Cognate with Old English ?? (obsolete English ey); Swedish ägg; Old High German ei (German Ei).
Noun
egg n (genitive singular eggs, nominative plural egg)
- (zoology) an egg
- an oval shaped object
- the ovum
Declension
Synonyms
- (ovum): eggfruma f
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”).
Cognates include Old Frisian egg, Old Saxon eggia, Dutch egge; Old English ecg (English edge); Old High German egga (German Ecke); Swedish egg.
The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin aci?s (“edge, sharpness”), Ancient Greek ???? (akís, “point”).
Noun
egg f (genitive singular eggjar, nominative plural eggjar)
- (weaponry) the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
- a sharp edge on a mountain
Declension
Synonyms
- (sharp edge): blað
- (mountain): fjallsegg
Derived terms
- fjallsegg
- með oddi og egg/með oddi og eggju
Middle English
Noun
egg
- Alternative form of egge (“egg”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: egg
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg n (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajj? (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm (“egg”), likely from *h?éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h?ew- (“to enjoy, consume; to perceive, be aware of”).
Cognate with English egg (“egg”), Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”).
Noun
egg n (definite singular egget, indefinite plural egg, definite plural egga or eggene)
- an egg
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse egg f
Noun
egg f or m (definite singular egga or eggen, indefinite plural egger, definite plural eggene)
- (cutting) edge (e.g. of a knife)
Derived terms
- tveegget
References
- “egg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “egg_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “egg_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e??/, /???/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse egg n, from Proto-Germanic *ajj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm. Akin to English egg.
Noun
egg n (definite singular egget, indefinite plural egg, definite plural egga)
- an egg
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse egg f, from Proto-Germanic *agj? f (“edge, corner”), and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *h?e?-. Cognates include English edge and German Ecke.
Noun
egg f or m (definite singular eggen or egga, indefinite plural eggar or egger, definite plural eggane or eggene)
- an edge (the thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe)
- (geology) an arête
Inflection
References
- “egg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *ajj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm.
Noun
egg n (genitive eggs, plural egg)
- egg
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *agj?. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp”).
Noun
egg f (genitive eggjar, plural eggjar)
- edge (of a blade)
Declension
Descendants
References
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic?[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
- Homophone: ägg
Noun
egg c
- The sharp edge of a cutting tool.
Declension
Related terms
References
- egg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
egg From the web:
- what egg is after the fossil egg
- what egg is the rhino from in adopt me
- what egg is the hyena from in adopt me
- what egg group is eevee in
- what egg was the flamingo in adopt me
- what eggnog made out of
- what egg is after the diamond egg
chicken
English
Wikispecies
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ch?k'?n, IPA(key): /?t???k?n/
- Rhymes: -?k?n, -?k?n
- Hyphenation: chick?en
Etymology 1
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ?icen, ?ycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiuk?n (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukk?n, equivalent to cock +? -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).
Noun
chicken (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)
- (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.
- 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:
- Some chickens lay eggs almost every day. […] Chickens are kept for their meat, too.
- 1997, Beverley Randell, Clive Harper, Chickens, Nelson Thornes (?ISBN), page 8:
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:
- Before cooking chicken, or other poultry, rinse with cold water and pat dry with a paper towel.
- 1995, Jean Paré, Chicken, Etc., Company's Coming Publishing Limited (?ISBN), page 7:
- (archaic) The young of any bird; a chick.
- (countable, slang) A coward.
- 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:
- Usually, I had no problem approaching girls, but this one was different. I went home and berated myself for being such a chicken.
- (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
- 2008, Lanakila Michael Achong, Haole Boy: The Adoption of Diversity, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 44:
- (countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
- 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken."
- 1886, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Lauriston Garden Mystery”, in A Study in Scarlet (Beeton's Christmas Annual; 28th season), London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., November 1887, OCLC 15800088; republished as A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, new edition, London: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., 1892, OCLC 23246292, page 43:
- (countable, Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- The game of dare.
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser).
- A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.
Synonyms
- (bird): biddy, chook (Australia, NZ)
- (coward): see Thesaurus:coward
- (young inexperienced person): spring chicken
- (young, attractive, slim man): twink
Hyponyms
- (bird): cock, cockerel, rooster (male), hen (female), chick (young), broiler (suitable as food)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Chicken
- ? Irish: sicín
- ? Japanese: ??? (chikin)
- ? Korean: ?? (chikin)
Translations
See also
- egg
- poultry
- ????
Adjective
chicken (comparative more chicken, superlative most chicken)
- (informal) Cowardly.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly, Thesaurus:afraid
Derived terms
- chicken out
Etymology 2
Shortening of chicken out.
Verb
chicken (third-person singular simple present chickens, present participle chickening, simple past and past participle chickened)
- (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.
Etymology 3
From chick +? -en (plural ending).
Noun
chicken
- (Britain dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick
Further reading
- chicken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (gay slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- chicken (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- check in, check-in, checkin', in check
Scots
Etymology
From English chicken.
Noun
chicken (plural chickens)
- chicken
chicken From the web:
- what chickens lay blue eggs
- what chickens lay white eggs
- what chickens lay green eggs
- what chickens lay brown eggs
- what chicken lays the most eggs
- what chickens lay pink eggs
- what chickens eat
- what chicken lays black eggs
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