eyeball.
The ball of the eye.
Meaning & usage
The ball of the eye.
You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.
An instance of eyeballing something.
Give this report an eyeball, will you please?
Surveillance.
A readership or viewership.
We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.
A face-to-face meeting.
We had an eyeball last year.
A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.
Where this word comes from
From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).
To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.
A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.
Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count.
To stare at intently.
Are you eyeballing my girl?
To roll one's eyes.
Where this word comes from
From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).
Try it on your idea.
eyeball has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.