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61Eager beaver — A person who is extremely keen is an eager beaver …
62eager beaver — /igə ˈbivə/ (say eeguh beevuh) noun Colloquial 1. a diligent and zealous person. 2. someone over eager for work …
63eager-beaver — Very energetic. ► “He [Mr. Buchanan] had complained to the president that eager beaver trustbusters were causing damage [to] party contributions. . . . There is a way we can trust bust without doing in some of our best friends.” (Wall Street… …
64eager — [13] As its close etymological connection with vinegar and acid might suggest, the underlying sense of eager is ‘sharp’. It comes ultimately from the Indo European base *ak ‘sharp, pointed’, amongst whose other English descendants are acne, edge …
65eager beaver — noun Date: 1943 a person who is extremely zealous about performing duties and volunteering for more …
66eager beaver — /ee geuhr/ a person who is excessively diligent or overly zealous. [1940 45, Amer.] * * * …
67Eager — This ancient and distinguished surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century male personal name Eadgar , composed of the elements ead , prosperity, fortune, with gar , spear; the first element was a… …
68eager — Synonyms and related words: accordant, acquiescent, acquisitive, affirmative, agape, agog, agreeable, agreeing, alacritous, all agog, ambitious, amenable, animated, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory, antsy, antsy pantsy,… …
69eager beaver — Synonyms and related words: activist, addict, ball of fire, beaver, big time operator, bug, bustler, busy bee, collector, demon, doer, energumen, enthusiast, faddist, fanatic, fiend, freak, go getter, great one for, hobbyist, hound, human dynamo …
70eager beaver — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. An intensely energetic, enthusiastic person: dynamo, hustler. Informal: go getter, live wire. See CONCERN …
