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black eye

/ˌblæk ˈaɪ/

black eye noun: a periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.

Noun

black eye (plural black eyes)

  1. A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
    • "You got a black eye out of him, and that's for publication. We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    blinker, shiner
  2. (figuratively) A defeat.
  3. (figuratively) Damage to a reputation.
    • He looked downward in mournful gloom at the skeet-shooting range he had ordered built for the officers on his headquarters staff, and he recalled the mortifying afternoon General Dreedle had tongue-lashed him ruthlessly in front of Colonel Korn and Major Danby and ordered him to throw open the...1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster (2003), p. 205
  4. (dated) An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.

black eye meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Tagalog and Arabic

black eye in Tamil

வெற்றுப் பார்வை

black eye in Malayalam

black eye
കണ്ണ് kaṇṇŭ

black eye in Tagalog

bruised eye
pasa sa mata

black eye in Arabic

bruised eye
عَيْن سَوْدَاء ʕayn sawdāʔ

Synonyms of black eye

Forms of black eye

pluralblack eyes

Questions about black eye

What does black eye mean?
Black eye means a periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
What is black eye in Tamil?
Black eye in Tamil is வெற்றுப் பார்வை. See Black eye meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black eye?
Black eye is a noun.
How do you pronounce black eye?
Black eye is pronounced /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of black eye?
The plural of black eye is black eyes.

Words near black eye in the dictionary

  1. Black Elk
  2. Black English
  3. Black English Vernacular
  4. black ewe
  5. black ewes
  6. black eye
  7. Black Eyed Pea
  8. Black Eyed Peas
  9. black eyed susan
  10. black eyes
  11. black fast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black eye (page history and authors); black eye (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കണ്ണ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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