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 eager eager /ˈiːgɝ/

adjective

  1. () Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy  ( eager )
    having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
     Eager to learn
    eager to learn
     Eager to travel abroad
    eager to travel abroad
     Eager for success
    eager for success
     Eager helpers
    eager helpers
     An eager look
    an eager look

noun

  1. [Dialect, UK] A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)  ( aegir [Non-standard] , bore , eager [Dialect, UK] , eagre [Dialect, UK] , tidal bore )
    a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)