egging

verb

present participle of egg
as in goading

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egging
  1. goading
  2. spurring
  3. prompting
  4. exhorting
  5. prodding
  6. hounding
  7. whipping
  8. pressing
Verb
  • His Dahl is constantly goading people, driving them right up to the edge of their tolerance.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • So, does Roan deserve all the credit for softening the nature of these carpets, where dozens of photographers gather to scream goading or even offensive remarks at talent just to get their attention?
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of goading
Verb
  • But that effort has moved slowly in the months since, spurring frustration among some White House and health officials that HHS doesn’t yet have any significant progress for the administration to tout, two administration officials said.
    — Adam Cancryn, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What seemed like a low barrier for starting a company and finding investors — spurring viral storylines around 19-year-old blockchain CEOs and other such novelties — has given way to a high sense of precarity for people entering today’s arena.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of spurring
Verb
  • The story follows ancient creatures appearing in the modern world, prompting heroes from different countries to confront a rising darkness threatening the region.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • More than 140,000 acres were scorched in Oregon in July, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate from mostly small towns across the central and eastern parts of the state.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of prompting
Verb
  • Jackson also said Trump will continue exhorting Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would make significant election and voting reforms.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • His firm, Strategy, has a business based around acquiring Bitcoin, with Saylor using his outsize social media presence to post memes exhorting others to do the same.
    — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of exhorting
Verb
  • The White House also couldn’t resist prodding Swift when the singer married Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden, unleashing a series of memes on the day of the wedding in July.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026
  • While a prodding journalist like me might try to get the chatbots to veer off course, the ordinary user probably won’t notice a difference.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prodding
Verb
  • The reporting has been gratuitous and inhumane, no one deserves this hounding.
    — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These not-so-genial genitors are hounding hiring managers, shadowing their kid’s Zoom calls off-camera, and even applying for jobs on their behalf, per the paper’s reporting, leaving their employers flabbergasted.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hounding
Verb
  • He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • The finish was calm, and came after good pressing from himself and Viktor Gyokeres, but the celebration that followed was what mattered.
    — Art de Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jolly countered that Donalds is ignoring pressing economic issues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pressing
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