BAD EGG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bad egg mean? 

• BAD EGG (noun)
  The noun BAD EGG has 1 sense:

1. (old-fashioned slang) a bad person

  Familiarity information: BAD EGG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAD EGG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(old-fashioned slang) a bad person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bad egg" is a kind of...):

bad person (a person who does harm to others)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Antonym:

good egg ((old-fashioned slang) a good person)

 Context examples 

I observed the doctor sniffing and sniffing, like someone tasting a bad egg.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)