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eyeball

Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.bɔːl/

The English word “eyeball” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The ball of the eye.
  2. An instance of eyeballing something.
  3. Surveillance.
  4. A readership or viewership.
  5. A face-to-face meeting.
  6. A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

verb

  1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.
  2. To stare at intently.
  3. To roll one's eyes.

Etymology

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

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