eyeball

See also: eye-ball

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eyeball ‎(plural eyeballs)

1. the ball of the eye

Translations

ball of the eye

• Arabic: مُقْلَة اَلْعَيْن f ‎(muqlat al-ʿayn)
• Armenian: ակնախնձոր (hy) ‎(aknaxnjor)
• Belarusian: во́чны я́блык m ‎(vóčny jáblyk)
• Bulgarian: о́чна я́бълка f ‎(óčna jábǎlka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 眼球 (zh) ‎(yǎnqiú), 睛球 ‎(jīngqiú), 眼珠 (zh) ‎(yǎnzhū)

• Czech: oční bulva f
• Danish: øjeæble n
• Dutch: oogappel (nl) m
• Esperanto: okulglobo
• Estonian: silmamuna
• Faroese: eygnasteinur m, eygnaknøttur m
• Finnish: silmämuna (fi)
• French: globe oculaire (fr) m
• Georgian: თვალის კაკალი ‎(tvalis ḳaḳali)
• German: Augapfel (de) m
• Greek: βολβός του ματιού ‎(volvós tou matioú), βολβός του οφθαλμού m ‎(volvós tou ofthalmoú)
• Hebrew: גלגל עין m ‎(galgál-áyin)
• Hungarian: szemgolyó (hu)
• Icelandic: augnknöttur m, auga (is) n
• Italian: bulbo oculare m
• Japanese: 眼球 ‎(がんきゅう, gankyū), 目玉 ‎(めだま, medama)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: balle dé l'yi f
• Khmer: គ្រាប់ភ្នែក ‎(kroap pnɛɛk)

• Korean: 안구 (ko) ‎(angu) (眼球 (ko))
• Latvian: acs ābols m
• Macedonian: о́чно ја́болко n ‎(óčno jábolko)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øyeeple n

• Polish: gałka oczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: globo ocular m
• Russian: глазно́е я́блоко (ru) n ‎(glaznóje jábloko)
• Scottish Gaelic: clach na sùla f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: очна јабучица f

  Roman: očna jabučica f

• Slovak: očná buľva f
• Slovene: zrklo (sl) n
• Spanish: globo ocular m
• Swahili: mboni (sw)
• Swedish: ögonglob c
• Tagalog: buliga, bilumata
• Telugu: కనుగుడ్డు (te) ‎(kanuguḍḍu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: göz yuvan, göz küresi (tr)
• Ukrainian: о́чне я́блуко n ‎(óčne jábluko)
• Vietnamese: cầu mắt, nhãn cầu (vi)
• Volapük: logaglöp (vo)
• Yakut: харах мөкүнүгэ ‎(xarax mökünüge)

Verb

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

1. 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.

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

2. To scrutinize

Derived terms

• eyeball to eyeball
• up to the eyeballs

Translations

to judge by eye

• Finnish: arvioida silmämääräisesti

• Greek: κόβω με το βλέμμα ‎(kóvo me to vlémma), κοζάρω (el) ‎(kozáro)

to scrutinize

• Greek: περιεργάζομαι ‎(periergázomai), κοιτάω από πάνω μέχρι κάτω ‎(koitáo apó páno méchri káto)