plural of egg
"She cracked three eggs into a bowl to start her breakfast."
In plain English: Eggs are small, oval-shaped foods made by birds that people often cook and eat for breakfast.
"We scrambled the eggs for breakfast."
Usage: Use "eggs" to refer to two or more oval-shaped reproductive cells laid by birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, or to the edible food product derived from them. It functions strictly as a plural noun and should not be confused with singular forms like "egg" or related terms such as "oocyte."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of egg
"She eggs her friends on to join in the game."
In plain English: To egg someone means to encourage them to do something, often by shouting or cheering them on.
"She will not egg the children on to skip their homework."
Usage: Do not use "eggs" as a verb in everyday speech; it is an archaic term meaning to urge or encourage someone that should be replaced with the modern word "goads." In contemporary English, this word appears only in third-person singular forms like "he eggs on his friend" when describing incitement.
Derived from Old English ægg, the word originally meant any ovoid object, including stones or seeds, before narrowing to specifically denote the reproductive cells of animals. It is cognate with similar terms in Germanic languages that share this fundamental meaning.