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Added 9 October 2026

eyeball

/ˈaɪ.bɔːl/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eyeball at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The ball of the 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.
An instance of eyeballing something.
Give this report an eyeball, will you please?
Surveillance.

verb

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.
To stare at intently.
Are you eyeballing my girl?
To roll one's eyes.

Origin

From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).

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