sunny-side up

[ suhn-ee-sahyd ]

/ ˈsʌn iˌsaɪd /

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adjective

(of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.

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Origin of sunny-side up

First recorded in 1900–05

How to use sunny-side up in a sentence

I kept thinking how I'd have them done, shipwrecked, two on a raft or sunny side up, when who should come along but Bill.
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
Sunny side up; or with a veil of brown drawn over their beautiful faces, Frankie?
Wyn's Camping Days|Amy Bell Marlowe
That's the way I always uster take mine,' he says, 'before I quit eating—fried with the sunny side up.'
Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb
One man wants his eggs sunny side up; another is strong for them hard-boiled.
The Sheriff's Son|William MacLeod Raine

The egg, sunny side up, gave it its shining name a couple of centuries ago.
The Complete Book of Cheese|Robert Carlton Brown

British Dictionary definitions for sunny-side up

sunny-side up

adjective

(of eggs) fried on one side only

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