Meanings
- 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
plural eyeballings
- 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 - 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
eyeballing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeballing
“eyeballing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeballing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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