eyeful

[ ahy-fool ]

/ ˈaɪ fʊl /

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noun, plural eye·fuls.

an amount of foreign matter thrown, blown, etc., into the eye: an eyeful of dust.

as much as one can or wants to see: The tourists got an eyeful of slum life.

Informal. a very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.

Origin of eyeful

First recorded in 1825–35; eye + -ful

Words nearby eyeful

eye dog, eyedropper, eye drops, eye-filling, eyefold, eyeful, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyeground, eyehole, eyehook

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Example sentences from the Web for eyeful

Crow took an eyeful of us as we stood there, evidently dying of curiosity to know what it all meant, and then retired.
My Friend Smith|Talbot Baines Reed
Before the train left the cowboys figured they had given the "dudes" an eyeful.
North Dakota|Various
And meet Marie, and her mother too, and let them get an eyeful.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
She did get an eyeful of several anatomically correct drawings before taking off again.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

I knew him well enough as I came upon him just then leaning over the bulwark taking an eyeful of Dutch scenery.
Kilgorman|Talbot Baines Reed

British Dictionary definitions for eyeful

eyeful

/ (ˈaɪfʊl) /

noun informal

a view, glance, or gazehe got an eyeful of the secret before they blindfolded him

a very beautiful or attractive sight, esp a woman

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释义	eyeful [ ahy-fool ] / ˈaɪ fʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eyeful ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural eye·fuls. an amount of foreign matter thrown, blown, etc., into the eye: an eyeful of dust. as much as one can or wants to see: The tourists got an eyeful of slum life. Informal. a very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman. Origin of eyeful First recorded in 1825–35; eye + -ful Words nearby eyeful eye dog, eyedropper, eye drops, eye-filling, eyefold, eyeful, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyeground, eyehole, eyehook Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eyeful Crow took an eyeful of us as we stood there, evidently dying of curiosity to know what it all meant, and then retired. My Friend Smith\|Talbot Baines Reed Before the train left the cowboys figured they had given the "dudes" an eyeful. North Dakota\|Various And meet Marie, and her mother too, and let them get an eyeful. Cabin Fever\|B. M. Bower She did get an eyeful of several anatomically correct drawings before taking off again. Makers\|Cory Doctorow I knew him well enough as I came upon him just then leaning over the bulwark taking an eyeful of Dutch scenery. Kilgorman\|Talbot Baines Reed British Dictionary definitions for eyeful eyeful / (ˈaɪfʊl) / noun informal a view, glance, or gazehe got an eyeful of the secret before they blindfolded him a very beautiful or attractive sight, esp a woman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eyeful looker, beauty, show, knockout, stunner, spectacle, lovely, vision, dazzler
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eyeful

noun, plural eye·fuls.

Origin of eyeful

Words nearby eyeful

Example sentences from the Web for eyeful

British Dictionary definitions for eyeful

noun informal

Words related to eyeful