eyeball

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Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. the ball of the eye
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I Scene 2

     Go, make thyself like a nymph o' th' sea.

     Be subject to no sight but thine and mine, invisible

     To every eyeball else. Go, take this shape,

     And hither come in't; go! Hence, with diligence!

2. (CB, slang) a meeting

   We had an eyeball last year.

3. (marketing, in the plural) readership or viewership
4. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

Synonyms

• eye-apple

Translations

• French: globe oculaire
• German: Augapfel
• Italian: bulbo oculare
• Portuguese: globo ocular
• Russian: глазно́е я́блоко
• Spanish: globo ocular

Verb

eyeball (eyeballs, present participle eyeballing; past eyeballed, past participle eyeballed)

1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; 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.

2. To scrutinize
3. To stare at intently

   Are you eyeballing my girl?

4. To roll one's eyes.

Translations

• French: évaluer à vue de nez, évaluer au pif

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