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scrambled egg

scrambled egg noun: a dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.

scrambled egg: a dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while...
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Noun

scrambled egg (countable and uncountable, plural scrambled eggs)

  1. (plural-normally) A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
  2. (plural-normally, slang) The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.
    • A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft)

scrambled egg meaning in Arabic, Malay, Persian and Thai

scrambled egg in Arabic

dish
بَيْض مَخْفُوق bayḍ maḵfūq

scrambled egg in Malay

dish
telur masak hancur, telur orak arik, telur dadar hancur

scrambled egg in Persian

dish
خاگینه xâgine

scrambled egg in Thai

dish
ไข่คน kài-kon, ไข่กวน kài-guuan

Forms of scrambled egg

pluralscrambled eggs

Origin of scrambled egg

The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied.

Words formed from scrambled egg

Questions about scrambled egg

What does scrambled egg mean?
Scrambled egg means a dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
What is scrambled egg in Arabic?
Scrambled egg in Arabic is بَيْض مَخْفُوق (bayḍ maḵfūq). See Scrambled egg meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is scrambled egg?
Scrambled egg is a noun.
What is the plural of scrambled egg?
The plural of scrambled egg is scrambled eggs.

Words near scrambled egg in the dictionary

  1. scramble net
  2. scramble nets
  3. scramble up
  4. scramblebrained
  5. scrambled
  6. scrambled egg
  7. scrambled egg slime mold
  8. scrambled egg slime molds
  9. scrambled eggs
  10. scrambled up
  11. scramblehead

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