sunny-side up

[ suhn-ee-sahyd ]

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

Origin of sunny-side up

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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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
  1. (of eggs) fried on one side only

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