Reverse Dictionary: EAGER

ADJECTIVES
► ABER eager, greedy → 1899 Sc.
► AFFECTIONATE eager, ambitious, earnest → 1598 obs.
► AFFECTIONED eager, ambitious; zealous → 1534 obs.
► AFFECTUAL earnest, ardent, eager, hearty → 1483 obs.
► AFFECTUOUS earnest in feeling or desire; eager, ardent,  hearty → 1494 obs.
► AFLAME highly emotional or active; glowing with excitement or intense eagerness → 1632
► AIG eager → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► AIVERING eager for, hungering → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► ALL OF A HIGH very anxious or eager → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL ON END eager, expectant → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A DROVER’S DOG lean and eager → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A SHEARER’S DOG lean and eager → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE SWAGGIE’S DOG lean and eager → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ANONSKER eager, desirous, set upon a thing → 1876 Eng. dial.
► ANTSY restless, eager, anxious, annoyed → 1838 Amer. dial.
► ARG eager, fierce → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► AVIDIOUS avid, ardently desirous, extremely eager, greedy → 1534
► BELIVE ► BLIVE eager; glad → a1400 obs.
► BRASH eager, lively, forward → 1885 Amer. dial.
► BRICKLE eager, keen, industrious, ambitious → 1902 Amer. dial.
► CADGY eager, willing → a1846 Sc.
► DAFT fond, doting; extremely eager → .1824 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DERN determined, earnest, eager; careful → 1881 Eng. dial.
► DOWN eager, ready, willing → 1952 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► EAGERLESS headstrong; eager; excited → 1886 Eng. dial.
► EAGERS, THE feelings of desire, impatience, or anxiety; excessive eagerness or apprehension → 1828 Amer. dial.
► EDACIOUS greedy, eager → 1865
► EDGY eager, anxious, desirous, keen → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EDYAN eager, keen → 1929 Sc.
► EGG ON keen, eager → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAIN disposed, inclined or willing; eager → c1205 arch. or Eng. dial.
► FAST AND FURIOUS eager, uproarious, noisy → 1790
► FEEN desirous, eager → 1818 Eng. dial.
► FELL keen, eager, desirous; energetic, striving, busy → 1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIDGING FAIN anxious, eager, excited → 1790 Sc.
► FIERCE eager, excited, agitated → 1894 Amer. dial.
► FIRST eager, anxious → 1913 Amer. dial.
► FLAGRANT ardent, intensely eager or earnest → 1521 obs.
► FRUNTY free in manner; spirited, implying the idea of forwardness; keen, eager; passionate → 19C Sc.
► FULL OF THE OLD NICK feeling ambitious and eager to work → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GAIR eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly → 1719 Sc.
► GAME AS A BADGER very enthusiastic, raring to go, eager → 1910s US sl.
► GAR ► GARE ready, eager → 1719 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GUMPTIOUS ambitious, energetic, enterprising, eager → 1942 Amer. dial.
► GUNG HO eager, enthusiastic →  1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
► HEAD UP eager, cocky → 1854 Amer. dial.
► HETER ► HETTER rough; fierce, violent, cruel; severe; keen, eager → a1400 obs.
► HORNY obsessively eager or desirous → 1982 Amer. sl.
► JEALOUS devoted, eager, zealous, zealously enthusiastic → 1535 obs.
► KEBBIE anxious, eager → 1898 Sc.
► KEDGE lively, eager, excessively friendly → 1834 Sc. obs.
► KEEN-BITTEN eager, sharp → 1899 Sc.
► LAAGER eager, keen → 1866 Sc.
► MAD KEEN very eager → 1923 Sc.
► MAZY mad; eager for, madly desirous → 1873 Eng. dial.
► MOLDY uncontrollably eager → a1907 Amer. sl.
► NAP ready, eager, desirous → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NEODFUL earnest, eager → a1000 obs.
► OLITE eager, ready, willing, cheerful, sprightly → 1825 Sc. obs.
► ON ready or eager; willing to take part → 1880 sl.
► ON THE PROD active, on the go, eager → 1958 Amer. dial.
► PREST ready in mind or disposition; inclined, disposed, willing; eager, keen, prompt → 1300 obs.
► RAD quick, hasty, speedy; active, prompt, ready, dexterous; eager, elated → a700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAMPING romping; raging; distracted; raving; eager → 1892 Sc.
► RANK very eager, anxious, impatient → 1899 Amer. dial.
► RANTY lively, riotous, eager; wildly excited with passion, pain, anger, etc.; almost mad → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RASH active, vigorous; brisk, hale, hearty, nimble, quick; eager, impetuous → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► RATHE quick in action, speedy, prompt; eager, earnest, vehement → c900 Eng. dial. & poetic
► RATHEST quickest, soonest, most preferable; most eager → c888 obs.
► READY TO LEAP OUT OF ONESELF delighted, eager → 1611 obs.
► RED-HOT eager, anxious, desirous → 1896 Eng. dial.
► RED-MAD raging mad, distracted, insane; furious; eager → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SAVAGE keen, eager → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHARP-SET very keen on or eager for
► SMIRK eager, ardent → 1674 obs.
► THRO keen, eager, zealous, earnest → 1300 obs.
► VERTIE careful, cautious, prudent; industrious, wide-awake, eager; attentive to business → 1804 Sc. obs.
► VOGEROUS keen, eager; brisk, active, strong, lusty → 1892 Sc. 
► WILD intensely eager or enthusiastic; exciting → 1955 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► YAP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen; desirous → c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► YAPE eager, keen, ready, active → 1739 Sc.
► YARE ready, prepared; desirous, eager → c888 arch. & Eng. dial.
► YAUP ► YAWP quick, apt, eager or ready, esp. to do something, keen, desirous → c1450 obs. exc. Sc.
► YERN eager, earnestly or keenly desirous; also, greedy, covetous → c893 obs.
► YEVER eager, quick, prompt → c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
► YEVEROUS eager, zealously enthusiastic, impetuous → c1400 obs.

ADVERBS
► AFFECTIONATELY with strong inclination; eagerly, zealously, earnestly → 1588 obs.
► AFFECTUALLY with eager desire, earnestly → 1483 obs.
► AFFECTUOUSLY with earnest feeling or desire; earnestly, ardently, eagerly → 1450 obs.
► BATAUNTLY hastily, pressingly, eagerly → 1393 obs.
► BELIVE ► BILIVE ► BLIVE speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly → c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CANTLY boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily → 1352 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► CATAWAMPOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  → 1834 Amer. sl.
► CATAWAMPTIOUSLY utterly, vigorously, completely; fiercely, eagerly, violently  → 1857 Amer. sl.
► FAINLY gladly, eagerly → 1535
► GAPINGLY with open mouth; eagerly; amazedly → 1571
► HEADILY eagerly → c1450 obs.
► JEALOUSLY zealously, eagerly → 1388 obs.
► LIKE A CHICKEN ON A JUNE-BUG eagerly, rapaciously → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIKE A DUCK UPON A JUNE-BUG eagerly, rapaciously → 1835 Amer. dial.
► LIKE A HEN ON A JUNE-BUG eagerly, rapaciously → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIKE A NIGHT-HAWK UPON A JUNE-BUG eagerly, rapaciously → 1836 Amer. dial.
► PREST eagerly, earnestly → 1400 obs.
► PRESTLY eagerly, earnestly, urgently → 1375 obs.
► RANNEL eagerly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RASH quickly, eagerly, hurriedly → 1884 Eng. dial.
► RASHLY eagerly, hastily → 1805 Eng. dial.
► SAVAGELY eagerly, heartily; copiously → 1897 Eng. dial.
► THROLY eagerly, keenly → 1300 obs.
► UPON THE GAPE eagerly → 1713 obs.
► WITH ONE’S TONGUE HANGING OUT eagerly → colloq.
► YAPLY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly → a1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► YAPPELY actively, nimbly, readily, eagerly ..c1440 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► YARELY quickly, promptly, nimbly, briskly, diligently, eagerly → a900 arch.
► YERNE eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily → a1200 obs.
► YERNLY eagerly, earnestly, diligently, zealously, heartily → c725 obs.

NOUNS
► ABERNESS eagerness → 1922 Sc.
► AG stir, eagerness → 1914 Sc.
► ANTS IN ONE’S BRITCHES restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1949 US sl.
► ANTS IN ONE’S PANTS restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1582 US sl.
► ANTS IN ONE’S TOES restlessness, irritability; eagerness for action or sexual activity → 1933 US sl.
► ARDURE heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm → 1386 obs.
► BUSINESS eagerness, earnestness, importunity → 1387 obs.
► EAGERS, THE excessive eagerness, apprehension or anxiety → 1928 Amer. sl.
► FAINNESS eagerness, gladness → c1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FIERY-EDGE the first eagerness → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► GAPE a state of eagerness or wonder → 1712
► INSTANCY eagerness → 1885 Sc.
► JEALOUSY zeal or vehemence of feeling in favour of a person or thing; devotion, eagerness, anxiety to serve → 1436 obs.
► PRESTNESS readiness, preparedness; eagerness → 1582 obs.
► REITHNES eagerness, ardour → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► THRO eagerness, keenness, haste → 1470 obs.
► YEARNFULNESS eagerness, diligence → c888 obs.
► YEVERNESS eagerness, impetuosity → c1400 obs. exc. Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BEAVER SCOUT an eager beaver → 1955 US jocular usage
► EAGER BEAVER a person who is very eager to obtain something; a person who is always on time or always early; someone who volunteers for everything; an enthusiast; a zealous person eager for work → 1943 

PHRASES
► DON’T BUST YOUR BOILER don’t be too eager, overindustrious → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BE KEEN OF to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for → 1788 Sc.
► BE MUSTARD ON to be very eager or keen on → c1950 colloq.
► CHAMP AT THE BIT to be eager or impatient to start → c1645
► CHEW ONE’S BITS ► CHEW THE BIT to be eager, anxious, or impatient; to be annoyed, upset, or angry → 1939 Amer. dial.
► EAGER UP to make eager, to excite → 1967 Amer. sl.
► ETTLE to show great eagerness to do or begin anything; to hanker or yearn after → 1873 Sc.
► FALL ALL OVER ONESELF ► FALL OVER ONESELF to be eager or confusedly effusive; to try overly hard; to make extreme, if chaotic, efforts to achieve what one or another wants → 1895 Amer. sl.
► FIDGE to be eager, excited → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something → c1340
► HAVE ANTS IN ONE’S PANTS to be impatient or eager to act or speak → sl.
► KAME to be eager for something → 1941 Sc.
► KECKLE to show signs of unrestrained eagerness or delight; to laugh with joy or excitement → 1728 Sc.
► LEAP OUT OF ONE’S SKIN to be delighted or eager → 1629
► LEAP OUT OF ONESELF to be delighted or eager → 1611 obs.
► MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire → 1866 Sc.
► RUSH ► RUSH IT to do something eagerly or enthusiastically → 1859 US colloq.
► STRAIN AT THE LEASH to be eager or impatient to start → 1910 sl.
► WILD intensely eager or enthusiastic → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► YAWN AFTER to be eager to obtain, to long for → a1250 obs.