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Meaning of Eyeballing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. An act of staring or ogling.
  2. The practice of pouring vodka through the eye socket, falsely claimed to increase the rate of alcohol absorption.

Equivalents

العربية ييبالينج
Deutsch anstarren Glotzen
Polski na oko

Examples

“When he did eventually return to work, those employees he'd identified as the ringleaders of the unionisation bid found themselves getting unexpectedly called into his office at odd hours of the day for intimidatory eyeballings.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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