eyeball (verb)

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• eyeball — ► NOUN ▪ the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket. ► VERB informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ stare at closely. ● eyeball to eyeball Cf. ↑eyeball to eyeball …   English terms dictionary

• eyeball — (n.) also eye ball, 1580s, from EYE (Cf. eye) (n.) + BALL (Cf. ball) (n.1). As a verb, 1901, American English slang. Related: Eyeballed; eyeballing …   Etymology dictionary

• eyeball — [[t]a͟ɪbɔːl[/t]] eyeballs, eyeballing, eyeballed 1) N COUNT Your eyeballs are your whole eyes, rather than just the part which can be seen between your eyelids. 2) VERB If you eyeball someone or something, you stare at them. [INFORMAL] [V n] The… …   English dictionary

• eyeball — 1 noun (C) 1 the round ball that forms the whole of your eye, including the part inside your head 2 eyeball to eyeball if two people are eyeball to eyeball, they are directly facing each other, especially in an angry or threatening way: an… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• eyeball — I UK [ˈaɪˌbɔːl] / US [ˈaɪˌbɔl] noun [countable] Word forms eyeball : singular eyeball plural eyeballs the whole round ball that forms your eye • be up to your eyeballs in something eyeball to eyeball II UK [ˈaɪˌbɔːl] / US [ˈaɪˌbɔl] verb… …   English dictionary

• eyeball — /ˈaɪbɔl / (say uybawl) noun 1. the ball or globe of the eye. –verb (t) 2. Colloquial to look at, especially to observe closely. 3. to inspect (an object) directly as with the naked eye or through a telescope, as opposed to indirect inspection, as …  

• eyeball — eye|ball1 [ aı,bɔl ] noun count the whole round ball that forms your eye be up to your eyeballs in something INFORMAL to have a very large amount of something to do or deal with eyeball to eyeball MAINLY JOURNALISM very close together and looking …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• eyeball — I. noun Date: 1582 1. the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures 2. plural people who view something (as an advertisement) < Web sites competing for eyeballs >… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eyeball — noun the round part of the eye of a vertebrate, within the eyelids and socket. verb informal stare at closely. Phrases eyeball to eyeball face to face with someone, especially in an aggressive way …   English new terms dictionary

• eyeball — 1. noun the ball of the eye 2. verb a) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at …   Wiktionary

• consider — verb 1) Isabel considered her choices Syn: think about, contemplate, reflect on, examine, review; mull over, ponder, deliberate on, chew over, meditate on, ruminate on; assess, evaluate, appraise; informal size up 2) I consid …   Thesaurus of popular words