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# eyeball

noun (an eyeball, eyeballs); verb (eyeball, eyeballs, eyeballed, eyeballing — informal)

«eyeball» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An eyeball is the round ball of the eye, most of which sits inside your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#m1)
2. (informal) To eyeball someone or something is to look at them hard, often in a challenging or rude way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#m2)
3. (informal) To eyeball an amount is to guess it just by looking, without measuring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on the body, the eyeball has the pupil, iris, lens and retina, and is moved by six muscles. In everyday talk: «eyeball to eyeball» means face to face in an argument; «up to my eyeballs in homework» means very busy. In maths, «eyeballing» is estimating: good for a quick check, but measure for an exact answer. Phrases: «eyeball to eyeball», «up to your eyeballs», «eyeball it».

### Examples

- The eyeball is about the size of a large grape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x1)
- We looked at a model of the eyeball in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x2)
- The two cats eyeballed each other across the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x3)
- I'm up to my eyeballs in homework this week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x4)
- Don't just eyeball it, measure the line with a ruler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x5)
- At Halloween we ate jelly eyeballs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x6)
- I will sing you the praise of the bottle-tailed Rikki, with eyeballs of red! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/#x7)

### Note

One word. «Eyeball» as a verb is informal. Maths: eyeballing gives an estimate, not an exact measurement.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eyeball» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeball/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eyeball» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eyeball.html) on Mova free.