Noun She made an eagle on the fourth hole. She made eagle on the fourth hole. Verb She eagled the fourth hole.
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Noun
Lahiri had a short birdie putt and Niemann had one for par when Johnson made his eagle. Cameron Jourdan, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2022 The goal is to make their flying machine look like an eagle while incorporating the colors red, white and blue. Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022 Lackland’s 37th Training Wing walked away with the second-place trophy, shaped like an eagle, while Fort Sam Houston’s 59th Medical Wing earned the third-place trophy. Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Mar. 2022 Somewhat lesser known is the hippogriff, a part-equine, part-avian predator capable of galloping on the ground like a horse and then launching into the air to fly like an eagle. Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021 One quarry operator speculated that a large predatory bird plucked up the horse, like a modern eagle grabbing a fox, and lost control in the struggle over the lake. Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 Cantlay opened with a pair of 65s and then surged into the lead with a hole-out eagle at 14 and overcame missing some short putts. Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022 Pelletier made a run with a 65, only to bogey No. 18 just as Tomlinson was making his eagle on No. 16.The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 Insurance investigators and police concluded that it had likely been dropped by a dive-bombing eagle unable to hold on to a slippery lunch. Benjamin Hunting, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2022
Verb
That said, McIlroy would have had to eagle No. 18 to force a playoff. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022 Widespread conservation efforts — including bans on pesticides, the passage of the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s, and protections for habitats, air and water — have helped eagle populations come back after the birds’ near-demise in the 1960s. Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 12 May 2022 Furyk, 51, teed off first and went on to eagle the par-5 opening hole. Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2021 Hewson needed to eagle the last to force a playoff but had to settle for a par and a closing 69.BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2021 Most players atop the leaderboard could either eagle the 13th and 15th or bogey them, and that kind of swing in the scoreboard can make or break them in the tournament.Star Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021 Playing alongside Phil Mickelson at TPC Summerlin, Na eagled the par-5 13th and 16th holes and added birdies on the par-3 17th and par-4 18th to match Lucas Glover, 2017 winner Patrick Cantlay and Brian Stuard at 12-under 130.San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019 Na followed up his first-round 68 by eagling the par-5 13th and 16th holes and adding birdies on the par-3 17th and par-4 18th to match Lucas Glover (63), Patrick Cantlay (64), and Brian Stuard (65) at 12-under 130 at at TPC Summerlin.BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2019 The passengers hit the floor ass first and lay spread-eagled, staring at the ceiling. Nicola Twilley, Wired, 11 Feb. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English egle, from Anglo-French egle, aigle, from Latin aquila