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Easter egg hunt

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).

easter egg hunt: a common festive activity held at Easter, where Easter eggs are hidden outdoors or indoors for...
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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

Synonyms of Easter egg hunt

Forms of Easter egg hunt

pluralEaster egg hunts
alternative formEaster-egg hunt

Questions about Easter egg hunt

What does Easter egg hunt mean?
Easter egg hunt means 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).
What part of speech is Easter egg hunt?
Easter egg hunt is a noun.
What is the plural of Easter egg hunt?
The plural of Easter egg hunt is Easter egg hunts.

Words near Easter egg hunt in the dictionary

  1. Easter candle
  2. Easter candles
  3. Easter daisy
  4. Easter Day
  5. Easter egg
  6. Easter egg hunt
  7. Easter egg hunts
  8. Easter egg roll
  9. Easter egg rolls
  10. Easter Egger
  11. Easter Eggers

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