Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay eggs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: lay eg-gs
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce a string of failures or flops.

Example Sentences

"Despite his dictum that “when you get a sex story in biblical garb, you can open your own mint,” this particular turkey was laying eggs all over America."

Etymology

Variant of lay an egg, using the plural form.

Inflected Forms

lays eggs (present, singular) laying eggs (participle, present) laid eggs (participle, past) laid eggs (past)

Questions

What does lay eggs mean?: To produce a string of failures or flops.
Where does lay eggs come from?: Variant of lay an egg, using the plural form.

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