fisheye

plural fisheyes · alternative fish eye · alternative fish-eye

1. countableuncountableAn unfriendly or suspicious glance.

   Synonyms: stink eye, see others there

2. countableuncountableAn undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
3. countableuncountableAn undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.
4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of fisheye lens.

   The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view.

   2014 January 1, Kit Eaton, “Civilian Photography, Now Rising to New Level”, in The New York Times

present singular third person fisheyes · participle present fisheyeing · participle present rare fisheying · participle past fisheyed · past fisheyed · alternative fish eye · alternative fish-eye

1. transitiveTo glance unfriendlily or suspiciously at.

   The director fisheyed me—I strolled to the trailer, nonchalant.

   1992, James Ellroy, White Jazz, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Gold Medal, →ISBN, page 164

   2 more examples

   She fisheyed our entrycards, looking to see if we’d remagnetized them to untoward purpose.

   1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 27

   My father with his Christmas-red vest and braggart’s moustache is boycotting the party. It must be Sunday or Saturday morning and he’s cold and sleepy fisheyeing his long-haired sons.

   1996, Pat Lowther, Time Capsule: New and Selected Poems, Polestar Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 200