fisheye

American  

[fish-ahy] / ˈfɪʃˌaɪ /

Also fish eye

noun

plural

fisheyes

1. (in plasterwork) a surface defect having the form of a spot.

2. an unfriendly or suspicious look.

3. Slang. fisheyes, tapioca pudding.

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Etymology

Origin of fisheye

fish + eye

Example Sentences

Fisheye lenses make the walls close in around her, and when the camera does move it’s sometimes attached to her body, careening around the psych ward like it’s looking for a place to dry heave.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2018

"Two hundred nothin's," retorted the wary Fisheye, who was not to let a fancy price go by without protest.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

Some of it will be plastered together, for Fisheye hasn't taken a bath since part of the Barnum-Jenny Lind Special went off the bridge at Wheeling.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

Now you fix that slat so the bears won't leave for the next hour and we'll work on Fisheye.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.

I held on with more zeal than did old Fisheye Gleason when he fell on the back of the hippopotamus at the start of the Grand Entry....

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.