scrambled egg noun[usually plural]2 •A dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking. •(slang) The gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious. — 1971 formsscrambled eggs