eyeball

1. The ball of the eye.

   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.

   Augapfel

   глазно́е я́блокоglaznóje jábloko

   о́чне я́блукоóčne jábluko

   the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

2. An instance of eyeballing something.

   Give this report an eyeball, will you please?

3. (informal)Surveillance.

4. (in the plural)A readership or viewership.

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

5. (slang)A face-to-face meeting.

   We had an eyeball last year.

6. (Caribbean)A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

1. Is it safe to eat a pig's eyeball?

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2. We're in debt up to our eyeballs.

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3. Ivan was walking around, eyeballing us.

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4. My eyeballs are quite red and itchy.

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5. He weighed one kilogram of vegetables by eyeballing it.

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