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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