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Adjective: eager  ee-gu(r)
  1. Having a strong or impatient wish to do something
    "eager to learn"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look";
    - keen
Noun: eager  ee-gu(r)
Usage: UK, dialect
  1. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
    - tidal bore, bore, eagre [UK, dialect], aegir [non-standard]

Sounds like: duals, duelsr, eagr

Derived forms: eagers

See also: anxious, dying, enthusiastic, hot [informal], impatient, keen, overeager, raring

Type of: tidal current, tidal flow

Antonym: uneager

Encyclopedia: Eager, John

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