one-eyed

American  

[wuhn-ahyd] / ˈwʌnˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having but one eye.

2. Cards. being, of, pertaining to, or using a face card or cards on which the figure is shown in profile, such cards being the jack of spades, the jack of hearts, and the king of diamonds in standard packs of cards.

   One-eyed jacks are wild.

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Etymology

Origin of one-eyed

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

Locals loved the story about the one-eyed New York man who had a special bloodshot glass eyeball made, so that when he came to L.A. on business, his fake eye matched his real one.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

He has written a paper with Neil Price, currently professor of archaeology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, about ritual depictions of the one-eyed Norse god Odin.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

But in Danvers' living room she finds another clue pointing to the existence of life after death: Holden’s one-eyed bear, the same stuffed animal she saw in her vision.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2024

Samuel L. Jackson is grateful that Marvel decided not to depict his role as the spy Nick Fury as a "swagalicious one-eyed guy that knows everything that will kill you in a hot minute."

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

We hag­gled over old sewing machines, one-eyed Barbie dolls, wooden tennis rackets, guitars with missing strings, and old Electrolux vacuum cleaners.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini