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egger-oner

egger-oner is the agent noun of egg on.

Meaning of egg on

Verb

egg on (third-person singular simple present eggs on, present participle egging on, simple past and past participle egged on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.
    • The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 86
    Synonyms:
    provoke

Forms of egger-oner

pluralegger-oners

Origin of egger-oner

From egg on + -er.

Questions about egger-oner

What is egger-oner the agent noun of?
Egger-oner is the agent noun of egg on.

Words near egger-oner in the dictionary

  1. Eggemeyers
  2. Eggenburgian
  3. egger
  4. Egger Island
  5. egger-on
  6. egger-oner
  7. eggeries
  8. eggers
  9. eggers-on
  10. Eggert
  11. Eggertsen

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