Easter egg hunt

noun

A common festive activity held at Easter, where Easter eggs are hidden outdoors or indoors for children to run around and seek (sometimes held as a contest to see who can collect the most eggs).

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Meanings

nounEaster egg hunt (plural Easter egg hunts)

plural Easter egg hunts · alternative Easter-egg hunt

  1. A common festive activity held at Easter, where Easter eggs are hidden outdoors or indoors for children to run around and seek (sometimes held as a contest to see who can collect the most eggs).

    I was a little chunky anyway, and slow, so slow that I was once the only kid at an Easter egg hunt who didn’t get a single egg, not because I couldn’t find them but because I couldn’t get to them fast enough.

    2004, Bill Clinton, My Life

    Synonyms: egg hunt

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA common festive activity held at Easter, where Easter eggs are hidden outdoors or indoors for children to run around and seek (sometimes held as a contest to see who can collect the most eggs).

Similar
egg hunt

Translations

Catalan caça dels ous de Pasqua
  • caça dels ous de Pasquaactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Finnish pääsiäismunajahti
  • pääsiäismunajahtiactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
French chasse aux œufs
  • chasse aux œufsactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
German Ostereiersuche
  • Ostereiersucheactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Icelandic páskaeggjaleit
  • páskaeggjaleitactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Italian caccia alle uova
  • caccia alle uovaactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Polish polowanie na pisanki
  • polowanie na pisankiactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Portuguese caça ao ovo de Páscoa
  • caça ao ovo de Páscoaactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
Spanish búsqueda de los huevos de Pascua
  • búsqueda de los huevos de Pascuaactivity held at Easter where hidden Easter eggs have to be found
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