eyeball
[ ahy-bawl ]
/ ˈaɪˌbɔl /
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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Nearby words
- eye-opening,
- eye-popper,
- eye-popping,
- eye-service,
- eye-watering,
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- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- eyebank,
- eyebar,
- eyebath
Idioms
give (someone) the hairy eyeball, Slang. to look at (someone) with eyelids partly lowered, as in hostility or distrust.
Origin of eyeball
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Examples from the Web for eyeballing
And, just eyeballing it here, that ark looked closer to four hundred cubits than the biblically prescribed three hundred.
After eyeballing the five or six cars waiting, he could see it was up.
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eyeball
/ (ˈaɪˌbɔːl) /
noun
the entire ball-shaped part of the eye
eyeball to eyeball in close confrontation
verb
(tr) slang to stare at
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eyeball
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
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
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