Usually means: Person or thing causing trouble.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. bad egg: Merriam-Webster
  2. bad egg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bad egg: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bad egg: Vocabulary.com
  5. bad egg: Wiktionary
  6. bad egg: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. bad egg: Dictionary.com
  8. bad egg: Rhymezone
  9. bad egg: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bad egg: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bad egg: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Bad egg: Phrase Finder
  13. bad egg: Merriam-Webster

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  1. bad egg: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bad egg: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. bad egg: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bad egg)

noun:  (British, US, idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue.
noun:  (literal) An egg that has gone bad; a rotten egg.

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