eagle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /'i:gəl/

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Noun

Singular eagle

Plural eagles

An eagle

1. A type of meat-eating bird.

   He saw an eagle perched on top of that tree.

2. An old gold coin in the United States worth $10.

   He showed me his coin collection. He even had an old eagle.

3. (golf) A score of two under par for a hole.

   I got a birdy and you got an eagle on that last hole.

Verb

Plain form eagle

Third-person singular eagles

Past tense eagled

Past participle eagled

Present participle eagling

1. (transitive) If you eagle a golf hole, you score two under par on it.

   I eagled the last hole with 3 strokes on a par 5.

Related words and phrases

• American eagle
• bald eagle
• eagle-eyed
• eaglet
• eagle owl
• fish eagle
• golden eagle
• Haast's eagle
• sea eagle