raring

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rar·ing

(râr′ĭng) also rar·in' (-ĭn)

adj. Informal

Full of eagerness; enthusiastic.

[Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear.]

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raring

(ˈrɛərɪŋ)

adj

ready; willing; enthusiastic (esp in the phrase raring to go)

[C20: from rare, variant of rear²]

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rar•ing

(ˈrɛər ɪŋ)

adj.

very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go.

[1905–10; rare, dial. variant of rear² (definition 6) + -ing²]

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Adj.

raring - (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"

impatient

eager - having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager look"

raring

adjective eager, impatient, longing, yearning, willing, ready, keen, desperate, enthusiastic, avid, champing at the bit (informal), keen as mustard, athirst Sarah's here and raring to meet you.

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raring

adjective

Informal. Intensely desirous or interested:

agog, ardent, athirst, avid, bursting, eager, impatient, keen, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty.

Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing.

Translations

مُتَحَمِّس أن يَبدأ

dychtivý

versessen auf

æstur í aî

desideroso

trokštantis pradėti

dedzīgsgatavs doties projām

başlamaya can atan

急切地开始急切的渴望的

raring

[ˈrɛərɪŋ] ADJ to be raring to do sth → tener muchas ganas de hacer algo
to be raring to go → tener muchas ganas de empezar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

raring

[ˈrɛərɪŋ] adj (= eager) to be raring to do sth → brûler de faire qch
to be raring to go → être très impatient(e) de commencer
to be raring for sth → être avide de qch
to be raring for more → en redemander

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

raring

adj to be raring to go (inf) → in den Startlöchern sein

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

raring

[ˈrɛərɪŋ] adj to be raring to go (fam) → non veder l'ora di cominciare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

raring

(ˈreəriŋ) : raring to go

very keen to begin, go etc.

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