Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - eyeball
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Eyeball
eyeball
~1 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 threatening way (an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation) ~2 v informal to look directly and closely at something (They eyeballed us suspiciously before speaking.)
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(eyeballs, eyeballing, eyeballed) 1. Your eyeballs are your whole eyes, rather than just the part which can be seen between your eyelids. N-COUNT 2. If you eyeball someone or something, you stare at them. (INFORMAL) The guard eyeballed him pretty hard despite his pass. VERB: V n 3. If you are eyeball to eyeball with someone, you are in their presence and involved in a meeting, dispute, or contest with them. You can also talk about having an eyeball to eyeball meeting or confrontation. (INFORMAL) ...proposals that the two armies end their eyeball to eyeball confrontation and withdraw. = face to face PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, PHR n, oft PHR with n 4. You use up to the eyeballs to emphasize that someone is in an undesirable state to a very great degree. (INFORMAL) He is out of a job and up to his eyeballs in debt. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, adj/-ed PHR, PHR in n c darkgreen]emphasis ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Date: 1582 1. the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures 2. plural people who view something (as an advertisement) Web sites competing for ~s II. transitive verb Date: 1901 to look at intently especially in making an evaluation or choice diners ~ing the menu ~ the competition III. adjective Date: 1959 based on observation ~ judgment ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. the ball of the eye within the lids and socket. --v. US sl. 1 tr. look or stare at. 2 intr. look or stare. Phrases and idioms eyeball to eyeball colloq. confronting closely. to (or up to) the eyeballs colloq. completely (permeated, soaked, etc.). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. анат. глазное яблоко Id: to the eyeballs —- разг. по горло (о занятости и т. п.); под завязку Id: mortgaged to the eyeballs —- заложен и перезаложен Id: eyeball to eyeball —- лицом к лицу; смотря друг другу в глаза; полит. прямая конфронтация (государств); острый кризис в отношениях ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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