eagle eye

American  

noun

1. unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.

2. a person who has sharp vision or who maintains a keen watchfulness.

3. alert watchfulness.

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eagle eye Idioms  

1. Unusually keen sight; also, keen intellectual vision. For example, Antiques dealers have an eagle eye for valuable objects, or A good manager has an eagle eye for employee errors. [Late 1500s]

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Etymology

Origin of eagle eye

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Eagle eye fans will notice some of the motifs from the flash video on the website are pulled from the album art. 

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2015

Thus it is healing, with stiffness of the muscles and the gristle, so that always Eagle eye will walk like wood, and never will he run.

From The Silent Places by White, Stewart Edward

Eagle eye of Powhatan grew brighter yet, And his stern old visage softened as he gazed On the laughing princess and her retinue— Happy maidens breathless from the daring chase.

From Pocahontas. A Poem by Castleman, Virginia Carter