Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schneider egg

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: schnei-der egg
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.

Slang

Example Sentences

"In the morning I find the Schneider National truck, not shiny and covered in lights like Kenny’s, but ugly and bright orange, like construction site cones, which is why truckers call the cones Schneider eggs."
"They’d just passed through a bunch of ‘Schneider eggs’ and parked ‘flag waver taxis’ when Brock’s CB came to life again ..."

Etymology

From Schneider + egg; coined in reference to American national carrier Schneider Transport, its trucks colored the same shade of orange as construction barrels.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

Schneider eggs (plural)

Synonyms

construction barrel drum

Questions

What does schneider egg mean?: An orange traffic barrel or cone, used to mark construction zones or hazards on the road.
Where does schneider egg come from?: From Schneider + egg; coined in reference to American national carrier Schneider Transport, its trucks colored the same shade of orange as construction barrels.

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