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eager beavers

eager beavers is the plural of eager beaver.

Meaning of eager beaver

Noun

eager beaver (plural eager beavers)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner
    • PULASKI: I am unfamiliar with this symbol.
      DATA: It indicates a genetically engineered biological life-form.
      PULASKI: About twenty percent of the specimens fall into that category. Some eager beaver at play.
      DATA: Query: "eager beaver?"
      PULASKI: Well in this case, eager beaver refers to some over...1988 November 21, Diana Muldaur, Brent Spiner, The Child (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC

Questions about eager beavers

What is eager beavers the plural of?
Eager beavers is the plural of eager beaver.

Words near eager beavers in the dictionary

  1. Eagen
  2. Eagens
  3. Eagentci
  4. eager
  5. eager beaver
  6. eager beavers
  7. eager load
  8. eagered
  9. eagerer
  10. eagerest
  11. eagering

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