cat's eye
noun
any of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
cat's eyes
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pluralof cat's eye.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
cat's-eyes
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pluralof cat's eye.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
cat's eyenounany of certain gems having a chatoyant luster, especially chrysoberyl.
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Gazala observes that her benefactor’s “eyes are slanted under the folds of her brows, kohl-rimmed cat’s eyes in a dead-white face, powder in every fold and crack.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
They would like see speed cameras or average speed cameras and more new cat's eyes installed on the road, potholes filled in and bends made wider and safer.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2024
To help sell Red’s character arc from foe to friend, the team chose to avoid making the irises humanlike and immediately relatable — they’re closer to a cat’s eyes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Nearby, a Grecian bust is caught, mid-scream; a fractal seems to turn; the cat’s eyes appear to widen.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2019
I remember my brother burying his jar full of puries, of waterbabies and cat’s eyes, a long time ago, down there somewhere under the bridge.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Never before has there been such a phantasmagoria of shapes, sizes, colors and prices: python, polka-dotted and zebra frames, champagne, vermilion and espresso-colored lenses, asymmetric cat's-eyes and jewelry-bedizened sun helmets that cost thousands of dollars.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had them all: cat’s-eyes, aggies, dearies, milkies, steelies, glassies, onionskins.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
In the neighborhood of Ratnapoora exist many tracts of clayey and gravelly land, rich in rubies, sapphires, garnets, turquoise, and cat's-eyes.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Last summer, on the Northern Pacific, the man offered your cat's-eyes to me as native gems found exclusively in Dakota.
From The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories by Owen Wister
"Will you permit a meddlesome old woman to inquire what made you buy those cat's-eyes?" said Mrs. Brewton.
From The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories by Owen Wister
