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EYEBALL
eyeball, orb
(noun) the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
eye, eyeball
(verb) look at
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eyeball (plural eyeballs)
the ball of the eye
(CB, slang) a meeting
(marketing, in the plural) readership or viewership
(Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
Synonyms
• eye-apple
Verb
eyeball (third-person singular simple present eyeballs, present participle eyeballing, simple past and past participle eyeballed)
To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.
To scrutinize
To stare at intently
To roll one's eyes.
Source: Wiktionary
Eye"ball`, n.
Definition: The ball or globe of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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