Definition of Easter egg

1. Noun. An egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter.

Generic synonyms: Candy, Confect
Specialized synonyms: Chocolate Egg, Candy Egg

2. Noun. A colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter.
Generic synonyms: Hard-boiled Egg, Hard-cooked Egg

Definition of Easter egg

1. Noun. A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter. ¹

2. Noun. A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) An undocumented function hidden in a program, typically triggered by a particular sequence or combination of keystrokes, such as one that displays a list of the program's developers. ¹

4. Noun. Any similar hidden feature accessible on a DVD movie, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Easter Egg

East Turkistan Islamic Movement
Eastaughffe
Easter
Easter Bunny
Easter Day
Easter Island
Easter Islander
Easter Monday
Easter Moon
Easter Sunday
Easter bunny
Easter cactus
Easter card
Easter daisy
Easter egg
Easter egg hunt
Easter egg hunts
Easter egg roll
Easter eggs
Easter giant
Easter giants
Easter lily
Easter lily vine
Easterling
Easterlings
Eastern-rigged
Eastern Abenaki
Eastern Abnaki
Eastern Acipa

Literary usage of Easter egg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"Nowhere is the easter egg more in evidence than in Bussia. Here people carry a number of eggs with them when they stir out on Easter Sunday. ..."

2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1905)
"... o—lj 8 d Gainsford (TR) on Municipal Expenditure, 25 a 4/ Galvanized Sheet Makers' Combine, Ia 11 6 Garden City, 17 a 6 « Gardiner (L. ¡ on easter egg», ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"THE undermentioned folk, we beg To state, deserve an easter egg. For instance, to the Oxford eight, An egg their win to celebrate. ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Or, again, a loaf and an easter egg are put into the first sheaf to ensure an ... I Moreover, the Easter-egg is found in connection with holy water. ..."

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