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eyeball
[ ahy-bawl ]
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.
eyeball
/ ˈaɪˌbɔːl /
noun
- the entire ball-shaped part of the eye
- eyeball to eyeballin close confrontation
verb
- slang.tr to stare at
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Other Words From
- eyeballer noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eyeball1
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Idioms and Phrases
- give (someone) the hairy eyeball, Slang. to look at (someone) with eyelids partly lowered, as in hostility or distrust.
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Example Sentences
The two countries were eyeball to eyeball in a tense standoff for almost a year.
For many this can be totally doable, while those averse to numbers might rather just eyeball their portions.
Hedren narrowly missed having an eyeball clawed out during one take.
The arctic char eyeball, on the other hand, which I had the day after—a raw eyeball is a whole other matter.
Bigwigs headhunting superhumans to run splashy enterprises eyeball you.
But thou art silent, And from thine eyeball flames contemptuous anger.
They had a secret iv rasslin' be which a Jap rassler cud blow on his opponent's eyeball an' break his ankle.
Here the radium rays had acted upon the eyeball through the bones of the head.
My heart was in my mouth, for at first I believed from his expression that he had detected the gleam of my eyeball.
Things that rode meaningless on the eyeball an instant before slid into proper proportion.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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