eyeball

[ ahy-bawl ]

/ ˈaɪˌbɔl /

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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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Idioms about eyeball

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

OTHER WORDS FROM eyeball

eyeballer, noun

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How to use eyeball in a sentence

Your eyeballs won’t specifically notice that little bit of extra density, but it’s indicative of the fact that the 12 Pro has a really beautiful OLED display.
The iPhone 12 Pro is a big upgrade even without the 5G hype|Stan Horaczek|October 28, 2020|Popular-Science
Quibi entered a crowded market and the startup struggled to peel eyeballs away from entrenched rivals ranging from Google’s YouTube to Netflix to TikTok, with Disney, HBO, Showtime, CBS, and plenty others in between.
Quibi calls quits: ‘Our failure was not for lack of trying’|rhhackettfortune|October 21, 2020|Fortune
Subatomic particles of dark matter could be drifting through your eyeball at this very moment, or there might conceivably be bubble universes beyond the horizon of ours.
The App That Offers Cosmic Awe - Facts So Romantic|Caleb Scharf|October 21, 2020|Nautilus
Now the company is looking to convert its record traffic and those eyeballs into sales.
Behind real estate’s surprise 2020 boom and what comes next|Rachel Schallom|October 20, 2020|Fortune

Though we can’t sense their quivering, our eyeballs vibrate at a very similar frequency.
Why do we see ghosts?|Jake Bittle|October 6, 2020|Popular-Science
And, just eyeballing it here, that ark looked closer to four hundred cubits than the biblically prescribed three hundred.
‘Noah’: The Bible vs. the Blockbuster|Joel Baden|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After eyeballing the five or six cars waiting, he could see it was up.
Would It Have Saved JFK? Jim Lehrer on the Mystery of the Bubble Top|Eleanor Clift|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for eyeball

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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