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eyeful
eye·ful E0309200 (ī′fo͝ol′)n.1. A complete view.2. One that is pleasing to the sight, especially an attractive person.3. Sufficient observation to discover more than one had expected or enough to be satisfied: After an eyeful of his art collection, she decided to leave.4. An amount of material blown or directed into the eye: got an eyeful of water from the squirt gun.eyeful (ˈaɪfʊl) n1. a view, glance, or gaze: he got an eyeful of the secret before they blindfolded him. 2. a very beautiful or attractive sight, esp a womaneye•ful (ˈaɪ fʊl)
n., pl. -fuls. 1. a thorough view: to get an eyeful of city life. 2. Informal. a very good-looking person. 3. an amount of foreign matter cast into the eye. [1825–35] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | eyeful - a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | | 2. | eyeful - a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful"survey, view, sight - the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" |
eyefulnoun (Slang) look, view, sight, glance, gaze, butcher's (Brit. slang), gander (informal), shufti (Brit. slang) He took his shirt off and gave us an eyeful of his tattoos.Translationseyeful
get an eyefulTo see a surprising or unexpected sight. I sure got an eyeful when I walked in on Al while he was trying on his artichoke costume.See also: eyeful, geteyeful (of someone or something)Fig. a shocking or surprising sight. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) The office door opened for a minute and I got an eyeful of the interior. Mary got an eyeful of the company's extravagant spending when she saw the bill for the executive board's catered lunch.have/get an ˈeyeful (of something) (British English, spoken) look carefully at something that is interesting or unusual: Quick! Come and get an eyeful of this!See also: eyeful, get, haveeyeful n. the sight of something that one was not meant to see. I got an eyeful of that contract. Yikes! What a giveaway! eyeful
Synonyms for eyefulnoun lookSynonyms- look
- view
- sight
- glance
- gaze
- butcher's
- gander
- shufti
Words related to eyefulnoun a strikingly beautiful womanRelated Wordsnoun a full viewRelated Words |