"eggie" meaning in English

See eggie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: eggies [plural]
Etymology: egg + -ie Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|egg|ie}} egg + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggie (plural eggies)
  1. Diminutive of egg Tags: diminutive, form-of Form of: egg
    Sense id: en-eggie-en-noun-Mmt7VD7e
  2. (Internet slang) An Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-eggie-en-noun-kzToqLTF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 9 91

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for eggie meaning in English (1.8kB)

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