Easter-egg hunt

Noun

Easter egg hunt (plural Easter egg hunts)

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