English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɡɪŋ/
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Verb

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egging

  1. present participle and gerund of egg

Noun

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egging (countable and uncountable, plural eggings)

  1. The act of pelting with eggs.
    • 2010, Daniel R. Biddle, Murray Dubin, Tasting Freedom, page 167:
      “I stand in relation to him something like that of a child to a parent,” Douglass wrote of the owlish man who had stood with him through mobbings and eggings.
  2. The act of gathering the eggs of wild birds.
    Plover egging was once a popular tradition.

Middle English

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Noun

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egging

  1. Alternative form of eggyng