raring
/ˈrɛːrɪŋ
/adjective [with infinitive] informal
Very enthusiastic and eager to do something: she was raring to get back to her work I’ll be ready and raring to go...
- Early next morning found the Talbots eager like frisky children raring to get started in their adventure.
- But he is now ready and raring to guide Leigh through their first-ever season in the elite division.
- A gulf War veteran said troops would be ready and raring to go if there is another conflict.
Synonyms
eager, keen, enthusiastic, full of enthusiasm, impatient, longing, champing/chafing at the bit, desperate;
ready, willing
informal dying, itching, gagging
Origin
1920s: present participle of rare, dialect variant of roar or rear2.
Rhymes
- customs duties
- customs house
- customs union
- custos rotulorum
- custumal
- cut
- cut a caper
- cut a dash
- cut a deal
- cut-and-come-again
- cut-and-cover
- cut and dried
- cut and paste
- cut and run
- cut and shut
- cut and thrust
- cutaneous
- cut a (or the) ribbon
- cut a (or the) rug
- cut a swathe through
- cut a tooth
- cutaway
- cut a wide swath
- cut a —— figure
- cutback