- eyeball eye·ball n
- ['aɪˌbɔːl]
bulbo oculare
eyeball to eyeball fig — faccia a faccia
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eyeball eye·ball n
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eyeball — eye|ball1 [ aı,bɔl ] noun count the whole round ball that forms your eye be up to your eyeballs in something INFORMAL to have a very large amount of something to do or deal with eyeball to eyeball MAINLY JOURNALISM very close together and looking … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Eyeball — Eye ball , n. The ball or globe of the eye. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eyeball — (n.) also eye ball, 1580s, from EYE (Cf. eye) (n.) + BALL (Cf. ball) (n.1). As a verb, 1901, American English slang. Related: Eyeballed; eyeballing … Etymology dictionary
eyeball-to-eyeball — eye′ball to eye′ball adj. adv. cvb face to face • Etymology: 1960–65 … From formal English to slang
eyeball — eye•ball [[t]ˈaɪˌbɔl[/t]] n. 1) anat. the globe of the eye enclosed by the bony socket and eyelids 2) cvb inf Informal. to examine closely • Etymology: 1580–90 … From formal English to slang
eyeball — The eye proper without the appendages. SYN: bulbus oculi [TA], bulb of eye, globe of eye. * * * eye·ball ī .bȯl n the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures *… … Medical dictionary
eyeball — eye|ball1 [ˈaıbo:l US bo:l] n 1.) the round ball that forms the whole of your eye, including the part inside your head 2.) eyeball to eyeball if two people are eyeball to eyeball, they are directly facing each other, especially in an angry or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Eye — ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[ a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [ o]ga, Dan. [ o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. o kkos, eye, o sse, the two eyes … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eye agate — Eye Eye ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[ a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [ o]ga, Dan. [ o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. o kkos, eye, o sse, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eye animalcule — Eye Eye ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[ a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [ o]ga, Dan. [ o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. o kkos, eye, o sse, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eye doctor — Eye Eye ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[ a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [ o]ga, Dan. [ o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. o kkos, eye, o sse, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
