egg on

2 definitions found

egg on - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  egg on
      v 1: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy
           on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the
           window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on]

egg on - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "egg on":
     agitate, arouse, cheer on, drive, drive on, excite, exhort, goad,
     goad on, hasten on, hie on, hound on, hurry on, instigate, pique,
     prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, root on, sic, speed on, spur,
     spur on, stimulate, stir up, urge on, whip, whip on