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eagle
[ ee-guhl ]
/ Ëi gÉl /
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noun
verb (used with object), ea·gled, ea·gling.
Golf. to make an eagle on (a hole).
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Origin of eagle
First recorded in 1350â1400; Middle English egle, from Anglo-French, Old French egle, aigle, from Latin aquila, noun use of feminine of aquilus âdark-coloredâ
Words nearby eagle
Eagan, eager, eager beaver, eagerly, eagerness, eagle, eagle eye, eagle-eyed, eagle-hawk, eagle owl, Eagle Pass
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British Dictionary definitions for eagle
eagle
/ (ËiËÉĄÉl) /
noun
verb
golf to score two strokes under par for a hole
Word Origin for eagle
C14: from Old French aigle, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila, perhaps from aquilus dark
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