eyeservice
Work or service done only when one's employer is watchingWork or service done only when one's employer is watching; service done for show.
/ˈʌɪ səːvɪs/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Work or service done only when one's employer is watching; service done for show.
pay eyeservice to someone
eyeservice to your master's interest
Origin
From eye + service, by analogy with lipservice.From eye + service, by analogy with lipservice.
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Forms
plural: eyeservicesAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedeyeservant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.