Easter egg
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Easter egg
n.
1. A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter.
2. A hidden message or feature, as in a video game or DVD.
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Easter egg
n
1. an egg given to children at Easter, usually a chocolate egg or a hen's egg with its shell painted
2. (Computer Science) a bonus or extra feature hidden inside a website, computer game, or DVD, that is only revealed after repeated or lengthy viewing or playing
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Eas′ter egg`
n.
1. a dyed or painted hen's egg used as an Easter gift or decoration.
2. an imitation of this, as an egg-shaped candy.
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easter egg
A hidden element in a program or website that gives the user extra content when it is found.
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| Noun | 1. |  Easter egg - an egg-shaped candy used to celebrate Easterchocolate egg - egg-shaped chocolate candy candy egg - egg-shaped candy |
| 2. | Easter egg - a colored hard-boiled egg used to celebrate Easter hard-boiled egg, hard-cooked egg - an egg boiled gently until both the white and the yolk solidify |
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Translations
بَيْضٌ لعِيدِ الفِصْحبَيْضَة الفِصْح
velikonoční vajíčko
påskeæg
OstereiEasteregg
pääsiäismuna
uskršnje jaje
húsvéti tojás
páskaegg
復活祭の卵
부활절 달걀
kraslica
påskägg
ไข่อีสเตอร์
писанка
trứng Phục sinh
Easter egg
n → uovo di PasquaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Easter
(ˈiːstə) noun a Christian festival held in the spring, to celebrate Christ's coming back to life after the Crucifixion.
Easter egg a decorated egg, especially one made of chocolate, eaten at Easter.
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easter egg
→ بَيْضٌ لعِيدِ الفِصْح velikonoční vajíčko påskeæg Osterei πασχαλινό αβγό huevo de Pascua pääsiäismuna œuf de Pâques uskršnje jaje uovo di Pasqua 復活祭の卵 부활절 달걀 paasei påskeegg pisanka ovo de Páscoa пасхальное яйцо påskägg ไข่อีสเตอร์ Paskalya yumurtası trứng Phục sinh 复活节彩蛋Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009