eagarly.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss. * /Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver./ * /The man who was promoted to be manager was an eager beaver who got to work early and left late and was always offering to do extra work./

eagarly.html - {n.} Sharp vision like that of an eagle; the ability to notice even the tiniest details. * /The new boss keeps an eagle eye on all aspects of our operation./

eagarly.html - adj.
1 a full of keen desire, enthusiastic. b (of passions etc.) keen, impatient.
2 keen, impatient, strongly desirous (eager to learn; eager for news).

eager beaver colloq. a very or excessively diligent person.

eagerly adv. eagerness n. [ME f. AF egre, OF aigre keen, ult. f. L acer acris]

eagarly.html - n.
1 a any of various large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, with keen vision and powerful flight. b a figure of an eagle, esp. as a symbol of the US, or formerly as a Roman or French ensign.
2 Golf a score of two strokes under par at any hole.
3 US a coin worth ten dollars.

eagle eye keen sight, watchfulness. eagle-eyed keen-sighted, watchful. eagle owl any large owl of the genus Bubo, with long ear tufts. [ME f. AF egle, OF aigle f. L aquila]

eagarly.html - n.
a young eagle.

eagarly.html - n.
= BORE(3). [17th c.: orig. unkn.]