egghead

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The BBC happened to be auditioning quizzers for the second series of Are You An Egghead? and Hegerty gave it a go.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2022

Additionally, five or six weeks a year, he takes the train from Wigan, where he lives, to Glasgow, to appear as an Egghead on the BBC show of that name.

From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2020

Egghead Jr. — the Widow Hen’s son — had already penciled out the formulas for launch angle, exit velocity and the like while getting some batting tips from Foghorn Leghorn.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2018

The hotel will also have a cafe called Egghead featuring breakfast sandwiches and the like.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2017

I still got called Egghead or Poindexter or Professor some of the time but that wasn’t bad compared to what could have happened.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis