overeager

I was amused at what I had underlined as an overeager student, always on the lookout for the explanatory phrase.

But combining Chester Cheetah, the animated spokesperson for Cheetos, with an overeager pitchman for Flamin’ Hot Preparation H produces a gasp-inducing escalation and ending that is as gross as it is hysterical.

Shelley is overeager and desperate; he just lacks Jimmy’s/Saul’s imagination and gumption.

As a headliner, you can get darker or sillier because the crowd is there for you, but do you worry about getting cheap laughs from overeager fans?

They lined the path as it curved to the right, swaying and rustling in the breeze, like an overeager welcoming committee.