Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

handegg

/ˈhændɛɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: han-degg
IPA: /ˈhændɛɡ/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).

Humorous; Slang; Uncountable

noun

The ball used to play such a game.

Countable; Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”."
"Yes, but would anyone show up for a game of handegg?"
"When I get there he was watching handegg. I’m not into that hand egg shit so we got into a heated argument on which was better."
"You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour."

Etymology

From hand + egg. The jocular implication is that the name football ought to denote using the foot to propel a ball-shaped [i.e. spherical] object, which is the usual case for soccer, as opposed to using the hand to propel an egg-shaped [i.e. spheroid] object.

Usage

Inflected Forms

handeggs (plural) hand-egg (alternative)

Phrases

American handegg

Rhymes With

leg egg greg craig beg rotten egg reg meg peg gregg keg deg

Questions

How do you pronounce handegg?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhændɛɡ/.
What does handegg mean?: Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
Where does handegg come from?: From hand + egg. The jocular implication is that the name football ought to denote using the foot to propel a ball-shaped [i.e. spherical] object, which is the usual case for soccer, as opposed to using the hand to propel an egg-shaped [i.e. spheroid] object.

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