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eyeballs

noun

Meaning

  1. The ball of the eye
  2. (CB) a meeting
  3. As a synecdoche, a person's focus of attention
  4. (in the plural) readership or viewership
  5. A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
  6. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.
  7. To scrutinize
  8. To stare at intently
  9. To roll one's eyes.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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