egging

E1G2G2I1N1G2
/ˈɛɡɪŋ/

noun

The act of pelting with eggs.

“Plover egging was once a popular tradition.”

UncommonScrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of egg
nounegging (countable and uncountable, plural eggings)

plural eggings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of pelting with eggs.

    “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.

    2010, Daniel R. Biddle, Murray Dubin, Tasting Freedom, page 167
  2. countableuncountableThe act of gathering the eggs of wild birds.

    Plover egging was once a popular tradition.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
oology
Cite this entry
APA

egging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egging

MLA

“egging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egging.

Source: egging on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.