eyeball

The whole round part of an eye, including the part hidden inside your head.

• The doctor examined his eyeball.
• Small muscles control the movement of each eyeball.
• Both eyeballs were protected by special goggles.

Similar words: eye

Common phrases: human eyeball, eyeball movement, injured eyeball, left eyeball

A quick look at something, usually to check it.

• Give this report an eyeball, please.
• A quick eyeball of the figures revealed a mistake.
• Have you given the final design an eyeball yet?

How to use it: give something an eyeball (Could you give these figures an eyeball?)

Similar words: look, glance, inspection

Common phrases: give an eyeball, quick eyeball, eyeball of something

To judge an amount or size by looking, without measuring it.

• Just eyeball the amount of rice.
• She eyeballed the distance between the posts.
• Can you eyeball how much paint we need?

Similar words: estimate, gauge

Common phrases: eyeball the amount, eyeball the distance, eyeball something

To look at someone or something closely for a long time.

• Stop eyeballing me.
• The guard eyeballed every visitor suspiciously.
• They were eyeballing each other across the room.

Similar words: stare at, eye

Common phrases: eyeball someone, eyeball suspiciously, eyeball each other