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scrambled eggs

scrambled eggs is the plural of scrambled egg.

Meaning of scrambled egg

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)

Questions about scrambled eggs

What is scrambled eggs the plural of?
Scrambled eggs is the plural of scrambled egg.

Words near scrambled eggs in the dictionary

  1. scramblebrained
  2. scrambled
  3. scrambled egg
  4. scrambled egg slime mold
  5. scrambled egg slime molds
  6. scrambled eggs
  7. scrambled up
  8. scramblehead
  9. scrambleheads
  10. scrambler
  11. scramblers

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