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eggings

/ˈɛɡɪŋz/

eggings is the plural of egging.

Meaning of egging

Noun

egging (countable and uncountable, plural eggings)

  1. The 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. The act of gathering the eggs of wild birds.
    • Plover egging was once a popular tradition.

Questions about eggings

What is eggings the plural of?
Eggings is the plural of egging.
How do you pronounce eggings?
Eggings is pronounced /ˈɛɡɪŋz/.

Words near eggings in the dictionary

  1. eggily
  2. Eggimann
  3. egginess
  4. egging
  5. egging on
  6. eggings
  7. Eggington
  8. Eggingtons
  9. Egginton
  10. Eggintons
  11. eggish

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