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Meaning of "eyeball" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EYEBALL

eyeball  [ˈaɪˌbɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EYEBALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eyeball is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb eyeball in English.

WHAT DOES EYEBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of eyeball in the English dictionary

The definition of eyeball in the dictionary is the entire ball-shaped part of the eye. Other definition of eyeball is to stare at.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EYEBALL

PRESENT

Present
I eyeball
you eyeball
he/she/it eyeballs
we eyeball
you eyeball
they eyeball
Present continuous
I am eyeballing
you are eyeballing
he/she/it is eyeballing
we are eyeballing
you are eyeballing
they are eyeballing
Present perfect
I have eyeballed
you have eyeballed
he/she/it has eyeballed
we have eyeballed
you have eyeballed
they have eyeballed
Present perfect continuous
I have been eyeballing
you have been eyeballing
he/she/it has been eyeballing
we have been eyeballing
you have been eyeballing
they have been eyeballing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I eyeballed
you eyeballed
he/she/it eyeballed
we eyeballed
you eyeballed
they eyeballed
Past continuous
I was eyeballing
you were eyeballing
he/she/it was eyeballing
we were eyeballing
you were eyeballing
they were eyeballing
Past perfect
I had eyeballed
you had eyeballed
he/she/it had eyeballed
we had eyeballed
you had eyeballed
they had eyeballed
Past perfect continuous
I had been eyeballing
you had been eyeballing
he/she/it had been eyeballing
we had been eyeballing
you had been eyeballing
they had been eyeballing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will eyeball
you will eyeball
he/she/it will eyeball
we will eyeball
you will eyeball
they will eyeball
Future continuous
I will be eyeballing
you will be eyeballing
he/she/it will be eyeballing
we will be eyeballing
you will be eyeballing
they will be eyeballing
Future perfect
I will have eyeballed
you will have eyeballed
he/she/it will have eyeballed
we will have eyeballed
you will have eyeballed
they will have eyeballed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been eyeballing
you will have been eyeballing
he/she/it will have been eyeballing
we will have been eyeballing
you will have been eyeballing
they will have been eyeballing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would eyeball
you would eyeball
he/she/it would eyeball
we would eyeball
you would eyeball
they would eyeball
Conditional continuous
I would be eyeballing
you would be eyeballing
he/she/it would be eyeballing
we would be eyeballing
you would be eyeballing
they would be eyeballing
Conditional perfect
I would have eyeball
you would have eyeball
he/she/it would have eyeball
we would have eyeball
you would have eyeball
they would have eyeball
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been eyeballing
you would have been eyeballing
he/she/it would have been eyeballing
we would have been eyeballing
you would have been eyeballing
they would have been eyeballing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you eyeball
we let´s eyeball
you eyeball
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to eyeball
Past participle
eyeballed
Present Participle
eyeballing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EYEBALL


baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
buckyball
ˈbʌkɪˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
foosball
ˈfuːsˌbɔːl
football
ˈfʊtˌbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
highball
ˈhaɪˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl
wallyball
ˈwɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EYEBALL

eye-catching
eye-level grill
eye-opener
eye-popping
eye-watering
eyeable
eyeball to eyeball
eyeball-to-eyeball
eyebank
eyebar
eyebath
eyebeam
eyeblack
eyeblink
eyebolt
eyebright
eyebrow
eyebrow pencil
eyebrow tweezers
eyebrowless

WORDS THAT END LIKE EYEBALL

American football
ball
crystal ball
eyeball to eyeball
eyeball-to-eyeball
fantasy football
five-a-side football
golf ball
greaseball
gumball
iceball
knuckleball
on the ball
paddleball
play-the-ball
sandlot baseball
sleazeball
slimeball
tennis ball
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of eyeball in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eyeball» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EYEBALL

Find out the translation of eyeball to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of eyeball from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eyeball» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

眼球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

globo ocular
570 millions of speakers

English

eyeball
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नेत्रगोलक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مقلة العين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Глазное яблоко
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

globo ocular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অক্ষিগোলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

globe oculaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bola mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Augapfel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

眼球
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Eyeball
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mắt tròn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண் விழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोबाबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

göz küresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

globo oculare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gałka oczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

очне яблуко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

globul ocular
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βολβό του ματιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oogbal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

eyeball
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øyeeplet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eyeball

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EYEBALL»

The term «eyeball» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EYEBALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «eyeball» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «eyeball» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eyeball

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5 QUOTES WITH «EYEBALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eyeball.
1
Ryan Eggold
I wore glasses my whole life, but then I got Lasik eyeball surgery, and I fixed that.
2
Louis Kahn
Architecture struck me between the eye and the eyeball.
3
David Mitchell
I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears.
4
Lesley Nicol
Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity I've met as a result of 'Downton Abbey.'
5
Charlyne Yi
It's kind of shocking to me, actually, that I've almost been stereotyped, in a way - physically - because, I didn't get good grades in school; I got in a lot of fights. I wear glasses because I don't want something tugging my eyeball, but I wouldn't consider myself a 'nerd.' I don't know what really makes someone a nerd.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EYEBALL»

Discover the use of eyeball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eyeball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Eyeball Collector
Hector trails the Eyeball Collector to the small village of Pagus Parvus and the foreboding Withypitts Hall, run by the eccentric Lady Mandible who has a strange taste for the macabre.
F.E. Higgins, 2009
2
An Eyeball in My Garden: And Other Spine-tingling Poems
A collection of frightening and not so frightening poems for children.
Jennifer Cole Judd, Laura Wynkoop, 2010
3
Eyeball Vs. Internet
A collection of comic vignettes in which dozens of different voices speak up only somewhat coherently about pressing personal issues which only the most patient therapist would bother taking notes about.
Soren Narnia, 2008
4
Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant ...
The popular humorist explores the world of finance, sharing his unique advice on the stock market, the art of making and losing money, furniture in the CEO's office, getting rich in real estate, and the financial benefits of an early death.
Dave Barry, 2006
5
The anatomy and histology of the human eyeball in the normal ...
In the above chart I have sought to give a survey of the division of the eyeball into coats and zones with the idea of making the connection of the various parts, as well as the somewhat confused nomenclature, more easily understood. Only the  ...
Maximilian Salzmann, Edward Vail Lapham Brown, 1912
6
Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball!
Two alienated teenagers learn to cope with their personal problems by being honest with each other.
Paul Zindel, 1999
7
Competition Science Vision
This change is brought about by contraction of muscles in the ciliary body. To focus on objects 20 feet or more away, the ciliary smooth muscle relaxes and the lens assumes a more flattened shape. Changes in Eyeball Shape Changes in the ...
8
There's a Worm on My Eyeball
. . Be warned. If you read this book, you will never look at the world - or your own body - the same way again.
Adam Taor, Douglas Holgate, 2011
9
Surgical Anatomy: Neck, mouth, pharynx, larynx, nose, orbit, ...
John Blair Deaver. THE EYEBALL. The eyeball is a globular body, so situated in the orbital fossa as to be protected by the orbital margins from injury by large objects. It is freely movable around its axes, in order that objects may be seen ...
John Blair Deaver, 1912
10
Anatomy Coloring Workbook
Muscles associated with the human eyeball are of both types. The intrinsic muscles move structures within the eyeballs, such as the lenses, while extrinsic muscles originate outside the eyeballs and insert on their outer surface, known as the ...
I. Edward Alcamo, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EYEBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eyeball is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: Positions Wanted by Minions Experienced at Serving …
... the little yellow critters scampering through “Minions” look as identical as genetically modified corn kernels, save for a googly eyeball or two. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Potential 5-star favors Clemson over UGA
Rising sophomore Justin Mascoll aces the eyeball test. The nearly 6-foot-5, 218-pounder also gets high praise from his South Gwinnett High ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
3
Q&A with Tucson pastor on his weekend of homelessness
A: “The majority of these folks are struggling in the cycle of addiction or mental illness, and if you could look them eyeball to eyeball, you would ... «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
4
The after party: George Osborne greeted like the groom after a stag do
Twice he stood up to eyeball Leslie at the despatch box, only to be reminded by the deputy speaker that he had to wait his turn. Grrr, grrr. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Water Main Breaks Flood Streets In Hollywood, Pacoima & Melrose
... water downward creating a hole that, in all actuality, made it easier for workers to get under the 86-year-old pipe and eyeball the problem. «FOX 11 Los Angeles, Jul 15»
6
Lawsuit accuses HPD of excessive force in hunt for burglar
... drove trucks for 12 years, has been unable to work since suffering numerous serious injuries including eyeball hemorrhages, a concussion, ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
7
Baseball Geeks Rejoice As Wiz-Bang Technology 'Statcast' Data …
They are good ways of looking into defensive play beyond the subjective eyeball test. As good as they are the data is not presented in such a ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
8
Crown Metropol hotel death: Elias Herodotou arrested over fatal …
Earlier today, police released an image of the tattoo on Mr Herodotou's left arm and hand, depicting an eyeball. It follows a headshot of Mr ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
9
Early detection recommended for effective pinkeye treatment
Rupture of the eyeball is rare but may occur with a severe infection. ... in the external layer of the bulbar conjunctiva (white of the eyeball). «AG Week, Jul 15»
10
No. 8 Gunslinger Gives Defensive Coordinators Nightmares
Besides his spectacular stats last season, he passed the eyeball test for how well he plays the quarterback position. He made a lot of difficult ... «TexasHSFootball.com, Jul 15»

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