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      egg
      noun
      (countable, zoology) (specifically, countable) The edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, a chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
      (countable, zoology) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, housing the embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
      (countable, zoology) (by extension, countable) A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
      (countable, zoology) (also cytology) Synonym of ovum (“the female gamete of an animal”); an egg cell.
      (countable) A thing which looks like or is shaped like an egg (sense 1.1).
      A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, resulting from an injury.
      (chiefly sports) A score of zero; specifically (cricket), a batter's failure to score; a duck egg or duck's egg.
      (countable, figuratively) (Internet slang, derogatory, dated) A user of the microblogging service Twitter identified by the default avatar (historically an image of an egg (sense 1.1.1)) rather than a custom image; hence, a newbie or noob.
      (countable, figuratively) (transgender slang) A person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender, who has not yet come out as transgender, or who is in the early stages of transitioning.
      (countable, figuratively) (transgender slang, by extension) One's lack of awareness that one is transgender.
      (countable, figuratively) (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
      (countable, figuratively) Senses relating to people.
      (countable, figuratively) (informal, dated) A person; a fellow.
      (countable, figuratively) (derogatory, ethnic slur, rare) A white person considered to be overly infatuated with East Asia.
      (countable, figuratively) (derogatory, obsolete) A young person.
      (countable, figuratively) (archaic) Something regarded as containing a (usually bad) thing at an early stage.
      (architecture) Chiefly in egg and dart: an ornamental oval moulding alternating in a row with dart or triangular shapes.
      (cellular automata) A would-be spark, especially one created by an overweight spaceship and that leads to a pattern's destruction.
      (countable, figuratively) (computing) One of the blocks of data injected into a program's address space for use by certain forms of shellcode, such as "omelettes".
      A surname.
      A market town in Bregenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria.
      A municipality in Uster district, Zürich canton, Switzerland.
      (automotive, informal) A Koenigsegg car.
      (with the, Dragon Age fandom slang, humorous) The character Solas from the Dragon Age franchise (referring to his baldness).
      Initialism of electroglottography. [The use of the electroglottograph.]
      (military, dated) A bomb or mine.
      verb
      (transitive) (cooking) To coat (a food ingredient) with or dip (a food ingredient) in beaten egg (noun sense 1.1.1) during the process of preparing a dish.
      (intransitive) To collect the eggs (noun sense 1.1) of wild birds.
      (transitive) To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
      (transitive) To inadvertently or intentionally distort (the circular cross-section of something, such as tube) to an elliptical or oval shape.
      (intransitive) (England, vulgar, dialectal) To conceive a child, especially recklessly.
      (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
      Synonyms for egg
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