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bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed adjective: eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively.

Adjective

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (comparative more bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, superlative most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed)

  1. (idiomatic) Eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively.
    • "They're eager to learn, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," coach Jon Gruden said.2008 May 3, Chris Harry, “QB Johnson turns heads at minicamp”, in OrlandoSentinal.com, retrieved 03 May 2008

Synonyms of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

All synonyms of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Forms of bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

comparativemore bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
superlativemost bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
alternative formbright eyed and bushy tailed

Questions about bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

What does bright-eyed and bushy-tailed mean?
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed means eager, alert, enthusiastic, and lively.
What part of speech is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed?
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed is an adjective.

Words near bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the dictionary

  1. bright young people
  2. bright young thing
  3. bright young things
  4. Bright's disease
  5. bright-eyed
  6. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  7. bright-line rule
  8. bright-line rules
  9. bright-rumped attila
  10. bright-rumped attilas
  11. Brightbill

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