1. [n]  a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
2. [adj]  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"
3. [adj]  marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"

Eager
It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine?
Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them EGR3, an experimental new robot to help Grumps. EGR3, known as Eager, learns from his experiences, as a child would. He feels emotions--wonder, excitement, and loss. When the ultra high-tech, eerily human BDC4 robots begin to behave suspiciously, Eager and the Bells are drawn into a great adventure that is sometimes dark and often humorous. As Eager's extraordinary abilities are tested to the limit, he will try to find the answer to this question: What does it mean to be alive?

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1. \Ea"ger\, a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre,
   aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous;
   akin to Gr. ? highest, extreme, Skr. a?ra point; fr. a root
   signifying to be sharp. Cf. {Acrid}, {Edge}.]
   1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] ``Like eager droppings into
      milk.'' --Shak.
   2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. [Obs.] ``A nipping and an
      eager air.'' ``Eager words.'' --Shak.
   3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to
      pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly
      longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the
      hounds were eager in the chase.
            And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes. --Shak.
            How eagerly ye follow my disgraces!   --Shak.
            When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's
            thrilling kiss.                       --Keble.
            A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys.
                                                  --Hawthorne.
            Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. --Shak.
   4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. [Obs.]
            Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it,
            that it will as little endure the hammer as glass
            itself.                               --Locke.
   Syn: Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent;
        intense; impassioned; zealous; forward.
   Usage: See {Earnest}. -- {Eager}, {Earnest}. Eager marks an
          excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is
          eager for a plaything, a hungry man is eager for food,
          a covetous man is eager for gain. Eagerness is liable
          to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case
          may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the
          contrary. Earnest denotes a permanent state of mind,
          feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good
          sense; as, a preacher is earnest in his appeals to the
          conscience; an agent is earnest in his solicitations.
   

2. \Ea"ger\, n.
   Same as {Eagre}.