# eagle

Pronunciation: US say "EE-guhl" /ˈiːɡəl/; UK

## Noun

1. A large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, with a powerful hooked bill and keen vision, feeding on both live animals and carrion.
   - Simple: A large bird of prey with a strong hooked beak and very sharp eyesight.
   - _An eagle can spot a rabbit from more than a mile away._
   - _Golden eagles hunt across open mountain country in pairs._
2. A golf score of two strokes under par on a given hole.
   - Simple: In golf, a score of two strokes under par on a single hole.
   - _An eagle at the seventeenth pulled him level with the leader._
   - _Her eagle on the closing hole sealed the championship._
4. A gold coin worth ten dollars, formerly used in the United States. *(US)*
   - Simple: An old American gold coin worth ten dollars.
   - _A gold eagle was worth ten silver dollars at the time._
   - _The merchant counted out several eagles to settle the debt._

## Verb

3. To complete a golf hole in a score of two strokes under par.
   - Simple: In golf, to finish a hole in two strokes under par.
   - _He needed to eagle the last hole to force a playoff._
   - _Few amateurs ever eagle a hole during competitive play._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A coin minted on the European mainland in the 13th century that passed in England for a debased sterling silver penny until outlawed in the reign of Edward I.

## Origin

From Middle English egle, borrowed via Anglo-Norman and Old French aigle from Latin aquila. It displaced the native Old English word earn ('eagle').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/eagle (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).