OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 2142

egg

/ɛɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
lanzar huevos a • tirar huevos a
To throw (especially rotten) eggs (noun sense 1.1.1) at (someone or something).
The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.
The students were caught egging the principal’s car as a prank.
📚 verb • entry_id 2143

egg

/ɛɡ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
empujar • incitar
To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
Nought such do I look to be. / But thou, a deedless man, too much thou eggest me: […]
Who is egging thee, king, to go back from the oath thou hast sworn? A worthy king of men should be true to his word. It can never beseem thee, my lord, to break thine oath. Who is…
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