# raring

Pronunciation: say "RAIR-ing" US /ˈɹɛəɹɪŋ/, UK /ˈɹɛə(ɹ)ɪŋ/, AUS /ˈɹeːɹɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Eager and full of enthusiasm, impatient to get started on whatever lies ahead.
   - Simple: Very excited and ready to start something right away.
   - _The new recruits arrived raring to prove themselves on the field._
   - _By dawn she was raring to set off, her bags already packed by the door._

## Verb

2. Present participle of rare, a US dialect form of rear, said of a horse rising on its hind legs. *(US)* — present participle and gerund of rare
   - Simple: Present participle of rare, a US dialect form of rear: to rise up on the back legs.
   - _The mare went raring up when the thunder cracked overhead._
   - _Both horses were raring and bucking as the crowd roared._

## Origin

It comes from the verb "rare," a variant of "rear" meaning "to raise, rouse."

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