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raring
rar·ing R0048000 (râr′ĭng) also rar·in' (-ĭn)adj. Informal Full of eagerness; enthusiastic.
[Present participle of dialectal rare, to rear, variant of rear.]raring (ˈrɛərɪŋ) adjready; willing; enthusiastic (esp in the phrase raring to go)[C20: from rare, variant of rear2]rar•ing (ˈrɛər ɪŋ)
adj. very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go. [1905–10; rare, dial. variant of rear2 (definition 6) + -ing2] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | raring - (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go"impatienteager - 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" |
raringadjective 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.raringadjectiveInformal. Intensely desirous or interested:agog, ardent, athirst, avid, bursting, eager, impatient, keen, solicitous, thirsting, thirsty.Idioms: champing at the bit, ready and willing.Translationsraring (ˈreəriŋ) : raring to go very keen to begin, go etc. 極想要… 急切的，渴望的，急切地开始，渴望的
raring
be raring to goTo be eager and ready to take action. Are you ready yet? The rest of us are raring to go! After taking a break from my research over the weekend, I was raring to go on Monday morning.See also: go, raringraring to goVery eager, excited, or anxious to go somewhere or begin doing something. The kids were already in the car and raring to go. After the rousing speech by the boss, the whole team was raring to go.See also: go, raringraring to goVery eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go. This idiom uses raring for rearing, and alludes to a horse's standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [Early 1900s] See also: go, raringraring to go COMMON If you are raring to go, you are very eager to go somewhere or to start doing something. After a good night's sleep, Paul said he was raring to go. `Where is it?' I asked, suddenly raring to go.See also: go, raringraring to go very keen and eager to make a start. informal Historically, raring is the present participle of rare , an obsolete dialectal variant of the verb rear .See also: go, raringˌraring to ˈgo (informal) very enthusiastic about starting something: We’ve finished our training and now we’re all raring to go.See also: go, raringraring to go mod. anxious and eager to go. Come on, I’m raring to go! See also: go, raringraring to goExtremely eager to get started. This American locution of the late nineteenth century uses raring for rearing, the verb still used for what a lively horse does when it stands on its hind legs and is clearly eager to get moving. A colloquialism of the twentieth century, it appeared in F. N. Hart’s The Bellamy Trial (1927): “Both sides are rarin’ to go.”See also: go, raringraring
Synonyms for raringadj eagerSynonyms- eager
- impatient
- longing
- yearning
- willing
- ready
- keen
- desperate
- enthusiastic
- avid
- champing at the bit
- keen as mustard
- athirst
Synonyms for raringadj intensely desirous or interestedSynonyms- agog
- ardent
- athirst
- avid
- bursting
- eager
- impatient
- keen
- solicitous
- thirsting
- thirsty
Synonyms for raringadj (usually followed by 'to') full of eagernessSynonymsRelated Words |