eyeball

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From eye + ball. Related to German Augapfel, Dutch oogappel.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. the ball of the eye

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[edit] Verb

to eyeball (third-person singular simple present eyeballs, present participle eyeballing, simple past and past participle eyeballed)

1. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at.

   A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.

   Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count.

2. To scrutinize

[edit] Derived terms

• eyeball to eyeball
• up to the eyeballs