Meaning

The ball of the eye..

Definitions by Sense

1. The ball of the eye.
2. An instance of eyeballing something.
3. (informal) Surveillance.
4. (marketing, in the plural) A readership or viewership.
5. (CB radio, slang) A face-to-face meeting.
6. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
7. (transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.
8. (transitive, informal) To stare at intently.

Example Sentences

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.

Goe make thy ſelfe like a Nymph o' th' Sea. Be ſubiect to no ſight but thine, and mine: inuisible To euery eye-ball elſe: goe take this ſhape, And hither come in't: goe: hence With diligence.

Give this report an eyeball, will you please?

Intelligence work is necessarily limited in scope by the capacity of national surveillance systems. […] Ultimately, it is only when you have an 'eyeball' or the electronic equivalent on a suspect that you have a reasonable chance of a preventive intervention.

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

When The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuted at the same time as House of the Dragon, much noise was made about which show attracted more eyeballs.

We had an eyeball last year.

Word Forms

• eyeballs
• eye-ball
• eyeballing
• eyeballed

Synonyms for eyeball

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When Should You Use Eyeball?

Use eyeball when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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