Complete Definition of "eyeball"

English

Etymology
From eye + ball.

Pronunciation
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Noun
eyeball (plural eyeballs)

  1. the ball of the eye

Translations
trans-top|ball of the eye
Dutch: oogappel m
Finnish: silmämuna
French: globe oculaire m
German: Augapfel m
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Japanese: �� (�����, gankyū)
Russian: глазное �блоко (glaznóje jábloko) n
Spanish: globo ocular m
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Verb
eyeball

  1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at.

#:A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.
#:Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count.

  1. To scrutinize

Derived terms
eyeball to eyeball
up to the eyeballs

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