I. ea ‧ gle 1 /ˈiːɡ ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: aigle , from Latin aquila ]
1 . a very large strong bird with a beak like a hook that eats small animals, birds etc
2 . two ↑ stroke s less than ↑ par (=the usual number of strokes for a hole) in a game of golf
3 . eagle eye used to say that someone is watching carefully or is likely to notice something:
They carried on working, under the eagle eye of the owner.
II. eagle 2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
to use two ↑ stroke s less than the usual number of strokes for a hole in a game of golf