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eyeball

[ahy-bawl]
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noun

the ball or globe of the eye.
eyeballs, Informal. people who view or read something: Old TV shows are getting a lot of eyeballs online.

verb (used with object)

Informal. to look at, check, or observe closely: two opponents eyeballing each other.

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analysis, display, sight, look, peek, glimpse, impression, flash, glance, sighting, search, inspect, consider, explore, study, probe, question, scrutinize, interrogate, examine

Idioms

    give (someone) the hairy eyeball, Slang. to look at (someone) with eyelids partly lowered, as in hostility or distrust.

Origin of eyeball

1580–90; 1900–05 for def 3; eye + ball1
Related formseye·ball·er, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for eyeball

eyeball

noun

the entire ball-shaped part of the eye
eyeball to eyeball in close confrontation

verb

(tr) slang to stare at
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for eyeball
n.

also eye-ball, 1580s, from eye (n.) + ball (n.1). As a verb, 1901, American English slang. Related: Eyeballed; eyeballing.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for eyeball

eyeball

[ī′bôl′]

n.

The globe-shaped portion of the eye surrounded by the socket and covered externally by the eyelids.bulb of eye
The eye itself.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.