eyeball
/ˈaɪ.bɔl/ noun B2- The ball of the eye. · Near-synonym: eye
- An instance of eyeballing something. · Give this report an eyeball, will you please?
- Surveillance.
- A readership or viewership. · We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.
- A face-to-face meeting. · We had an eyeball last year.
- A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
Plural eyeballs
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Rikki, the valiant, the true, Tikki, with eyeballs of flame, Rikk-tikki-tikki, the ivory-fanged, the hunter with eyeballs of flame!
I will sing you the praise of the bottle-tailed Rikki, with eyeballs of red!
At length a slight color tinged the livid cheeks, consciousness returned to the dull, open eyeballs, a faint sigh issued from the lips, and the sufferer made a feeble effort to move.
Half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half elapsed, and during this period of anguish, Edmond leaned over his friend, his hand applied to his heart, and felt the body gradually grow cold, and the heart’s pulsation become more and more deep and dull, until at length it stopped; the last movement of the heart ceased, the face became livid, the eyes remained open, but the eyeballs were glazed.
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