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Easter egg

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter.
  • noun A hidden message or feature, as in a video game or DVD.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter.
  • noun A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside.
  • noun computing An undocumented function hidden in a program, typically triggered by a particular sequence or combination of keystrokes.
  • noun Any similar hidden feature accessible on a DVD movie, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easter
  • noun a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Ukrainian Easter egg
  2. pysanka

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. hard-boiled egg
  2. hard-cooked egg

forms (1)

Forms

  1. Easter egg hunt

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. Wikipedia article on Easter eggs (decorated or chocolate eggs)
  2. Wikipedia article on Easter eggs in computing

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