How to pronounce eagle
American English pronunciation
EE-gul
- IPA
- /ˈiɡəl/
- Syllables
- EE · gul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What eagle means
Most people know eagle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A score of two under par on a golf hole
In a sentence: Dad sank a long putt for an eagle on the fifth hole.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin aquila, the name of the bird. Golfers named this score after the bird.
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