Definitions for eyeball

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eyeball eye·ball

Spelling: [ahy-bawl]

IPA: /ˈaɪˌbɔl/

Eyeball is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in eyeball (abeelly).

Definitions for eyeball

noun

1. the ball or globe of the eye.
2. eyeballs, Informal. people who view or read something:

Idioms

1. give (someone) the hairy eyeball, Slang. to look at (someone) with eyelids partly lowered, as in hostility or distrust.

verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to look at, check, or observe closely:

Origin of eyeball

1580-90; 1900-05 for def 3; eye + ball¹

Examples for eyeball

Accordingly she shifted her own eyes from one eyeball to the other in the man's face.

The movements of the eyeball were perfect, but blindness was absolute.

She done 'low to me she would n't wink her eyeball while I was gone.

Experimentally the eyeball can be made to burst by tying all the venous outlets from it.

The two countries were eyeball to eyeball in a tense standoff for almost a year.

The eyeball was suppurating, and the temperature rose to 99° at night.

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.

Pink slips should be delivered face to face, eyeball to eyeball.

Behind the scenes, two tough female cable-network heads are counting on their star proxies to deliver every eyeball they can.