Eyeball

Definitions

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

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةمقلةمقلة العين

བོད་སྐད།མིག་རིལ

Bosanskijabučicaјабучица

Catalàglobus ocular

Češtinabulvaoční bulva

Cymraegpelen y llygad

Danskøjeæble

Ελληνικάβολβός του ματιούκοζάρω

Esperantookulglobo

Eestisilmamuna

Suomisilmämuna

Gàidhligclach na sùla

Galegobugallo

Hrvatskijabučicaјабучица

Magyarszemgolyó

Հայերենակնախնձոր

Íslenskaauga

Italianobulbo oculare

日本語めだま目の玉目ん玉目玉眼眼球+ 3 more

ქართულითვალის კაკალი

ភាសាខ្មែរគ្រាប់ភ្នែក

한국어눈깔눈망울눈알안구+ 1 more

Latviešuacs ābolsacsābols

Te Reo Māorikanohi

Nederlandsoogappel

Polskigałka oczna

Portuguêsglobo ocular

Românăglob ocularglobul ochiului

Русскийглазное яблоко

Slovenščinazrklo

Српскиjabučicaјабучица

Svenskaögaögonglob

తెలుగుకనుగుడ్డు

ไทยหน่วย

Tagalogbilumatabuliga

Türkçegöz küresigöz yuvarı

Tiếng Việtcầu mắtnhãn cầu

Yorùbáẹyinju

Examples

“Near-synonym: eye”

“You'll change⟳ your mind⟳ about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.”

“Goe make⟳ thy ſelfe like⟳ a Nymph o' th' Sea. Be ſubiect to no ſight but thine, and mine: inuisible To euery eye-ball elſe: goe take⟳ this ſhape, And hither come⟳ in't: goe: hence With diligence.”

“Give⟳ this report⟳ an eyeball, will you please⟳?”

“Intelligence work⟳ is necessarily limited in scope by the capacity of national surveillance systems. […] Ultimately, it is only when you have⟳ an 'eyeball' or the electronic equivalent on a suspect⟳ that you have⟳ a reasonable chance of a preventive intervention.”

“We need⟳ compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract⟳ more eyeballs.”

“When The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuted at the same time as House of the Dragon, much noise was made about which show⟳ attracted more eyeballs.”

“We had an eyeball last⟳ year.”

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