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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EY'EBALL, n. The ball, globe or apple of the eye.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn: eyeball, orb] v
1: look at [syn: eye, eyeball]

Merriam Webster's

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 eyeballs> II. transitive verb Date: 1901 to look at intently especially in making an evaluation or choice <diners eyeballing the menu> <eyeball the competition> III. adjective Date: 1959 based on observation <eyeball judgment>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eyeball Eye"ball`, n. The ball or globe of the eye.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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 [emphasis]

Moby Thesaurus

baby blues, banjo eyes, be vigilant, be watchful, bright eyes, clear eyes, cornea, eye, eyelid, follow, gaze at, goggle eyes, have a looksee, hold in view, iris, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, lens, lid, look after, look at, look on, look upon, naked eye, nictitating membrane, observe, ocular, oculus, ophthalmic, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, pupil, reconnoiter, regard, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, scout, scrutinize, seeing, spy upon, starry orbs, unaided eye, view, visible, visual, visual organ, watch