Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eager beaver

/ˌi.ɡɚ ˈbi.vɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: ea-ger beaver
IPA: /ˌi.ɡɚ ˈbi.vɚ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"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 achieving genetic engineer, who probably because of lack of anything better to do has forced this strain of virus to mutate, just so he can see how bad bad can get."
"An “eager beaver” in terms of computing, Gates apparently started programming at age eleven."

Etymology

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Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌi.ɡɚ ˈbi.vɚ/
British English: /ˌiː.ɡə ˈbiː.və/

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

eager beavers (plural)

Phrases

beaver away

Frequently Paired Words

eager beaver away

Synonyms

busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy

Questions

How do you pronounce eager beaver?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌi.ɡɚ ˈbi.vɚ/.
What does eager beaver mean?: One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner
Where does eager beaver come from?: *

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