eyeballing

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noun

An act of staring or ogling.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of eyeball

    "Another term was 'eyeballing,' which meant viewing and gandering around, such as 'eyeballing into Napels.'"

    1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 160
nouneyeballing (countable and uncountable, plural eyeballings)

plural eyeballings

  1. countableuncountableAn act of staring or ogling.

    When he did eventually return to work, those employees he'd identified as the ringleaders of the unionisation bid found themselves getting unexpectedly called into his office at odd hours of the day for intimidatory eyeballings.

    2010, Daniel Raven, Julie Burchill, Made In Brighton
  2. countableuncountableThe practice of pouring vodka through the eye socket, falsely claimed to increase the rate of alcohol absorption.

Translations

German Glotzen, Anstarren
  • Glotzenstaring
  • Anstarrenstaring
Cite this entry
APA

eyeballing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeballing

MLA

“eyeballing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeballing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyeballing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeballing.

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