eagle

1. 1.

   any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight

   Synonymsbird of Jove

   Broaderbird of prey

   Narrowereagletharpygolden eagletawny eaglebald eaglesea eagle

   Part ofAccipitridae
2. 2.

   (golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole

   Broaderscore

   golf

3. 3.

   a former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars

   Broadercoin
4. 4.

   an emblem representing power

   “the Roman eagle”

   Broaderemblem

1. 1.

   shoot two strokes under par

   “She eagled the hole”

   Synonymsdouble birdie

   Broadershoot

   golf

2. 2.

   shoot in two strokes under par

   Broaderscore

   golf

Other forms of eagle

plural

eagles·

past tense

eagled·

present participle

eagling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eagle

What does eagle mean?

eagle means "any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eagle?

eagle has 2 syllables: ea-gle. The stress falls on "ea". In IPA it is /ˈiɡəl/.

What is another word for eagle?

Close synonyms include bird of Jove, double birdie. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eagle a common word?

eagle is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.