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noun
A dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A form of shellcode that searches the address space for multiple small blocks of data ("eggs") and recombines them into a larger block to be executed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To make into an omelette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: omelet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dish
Narrower terms: firm omelet, fluffy omelet, egg foo yong, egg fu yung
History
First attested in 1611; borrowed from French omelette, see which for further etymology.
Across languages
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
