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eyeball

eye·ball

UK/ˈaɪ.bɔːl/ US/ˈaɪ.bɔl/ fairly common informal slang

noun

1.

the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

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verb

1.

look at

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Origin

From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

Phrases

  • bums in seats
  • eyeball queen
  • eyeball to eyeball
  • given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
  • hairy eyeball
  • mark 1 eyeball
  • my eyeball
  • sailor's eyeball
  • up to one's eyeballs

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