Meanings
nounglass eye (plural glass eyes)
plural glass eyes
- An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.
You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs. Twit knew all the tricks.
1980, Roald Dahl, The Twits, page 10
Translations
Danish glasøje
- glasøjeartificial eye
Finnish lasisilmä
- lasisilmäartificial eye
French œil de verre
- œil de verreartificial eye
German Glasauge, Kunstauge
- Glasaugeartificial eye
- Kunstaugeartificial eye
Hungarian üvegszem
- üvegszemartificial eye
Polish szklane oko
- szklane okoartificial eye
Portuguese olho de vidro
- olho de vidroartificial eye
Swedish emaljöga, glasöga
- emaljögaartificial eye
- glasögaartificial eye
Cite this entry
APA
glass eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20eye
MLA
“glass eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glass eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glass%20eye.
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