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1. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
    
2. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food
   - eggs

1. Throw eggs at
    
2. (cooking) coat with beaten egg
   "egg a schnitzel"
    
3. Urge on; cause to act
   "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window";
   - prod, incite, egg on

Derived forms: eggs, egged, egging

Type of: bombard, coat, egg cell, food product, foodstuff, ovum, pelt, surface

Encyclopedia: Egg, Switzerland