rotten-eggv.
/ˌrɒtnˈɛɡ/, U.S. /ˌrɑtnˈɛɡ/ transitive. To pelt with rotten eggs as a demonstration of disapproval or dislike. Also figurative: to criticize or ridicule; to pour scorn on.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something thrown > with eggs
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1848 J. J. Oswandel Jrnl. 21 Apr. in Notes Mexican War (1885) 536 Capt. Loeser..is to be court-martialed for being present at the time his regiment..rotten-egged one of the Massachusetts officers.
1890 Birmingham Daily Post 14 July 4/8 They permitted a street preacher to be hustled, rotten-egged, and befloured while holding forth..near the Council House.
1917 Bookman Sept. 71/1 He deserts his speciality..in a large part of his volume, to indulge in that amusement..known as ‘rotten-egging’ the country.
1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee xiii. 149 I had learned that the crowd planned to rotten-egg Father.
2005 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 14 July 5 The guy who, a generation ago, would have been rotten-egged off campuses the length and breadth of the country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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