eyeballer

Noun

eyeballer (plural eyeballers)

1. One who estimates or judges based on visual inspection rather than detailed analysis.
   • Eyeballers reject the more structured approaches to analysis that break down the data into small units and, from the perspective of the eyeballers, destroy the wholeness and some of the meaningfulness of the data.2007, Jerry Willis -, Foundations of Qualitative Research, →ISBN
   • In my opinion, it is pretty obvious to the eyeballer of a time series chart whether a market is in a trending regime or a range-trading regime and, as we shall see, how one takes advantage of these regimes can differ between methodology and time frames anyway.2009, Murray Gunn, Trading Regime Analysis: The Probability of Volatility, →ISBN, page 16
2. A voyeur or inquisitive person.
   • 'Anyway, I'm no eyeballer, Miss Ruth.'1936, William MacLeod Raine, To Ride the River with, page 34
   • Well, in fact most of the time it ain't so bad, and even kind of sightly when you look at me, an old guy writing poetry in the waiting room at Hancock Airport, all these eyeballers that think I'm wigged or something.1985, Hayden Carruth, Asphalt Georgics, →ISBN, page 64
3. An investigator who watches for signs of anything unusual or suspicious.
   • He must be a curbside eyeballer, a fence jumper, broad jumper, roof climber, cliff scaler, steeplejack and second story man.1973, Right of Way - Volumes 20-21, page 65
   • Hell, Kate's one of the best eyeballers around, and even she couldn't place any one of them at any one place at any one time the night Hosford died.2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 168
4. A secret accomplice who surreptitiously watches the competition and interferes by causing a distraction to prevent the opponent from getting a good shot.
   • He would wear a phony diamond ring to flash in your eye, and he would have an “eyeballer” or kibitzer in the audience who would make a sudden noise or otherwise distract you while you were shooting.1965, Henry Robinson Luce, Life - Volume 58, page 163
   • The person performing the theatrics, the "eyeballer," is an independent contractor of sorts, hired by you to play nearby and keep an eye on the action at your table; when things get hairy, he's to shark your opponent from afar, all the while making it look innocuous and wholly unintentional.1990, Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, →ISBN, page 56
5. Someone who stares at another in order to intimidate them.
   • The dominant eyeballer, on the other hand, may interpret this as a significant victory in the psychological battle that accompanies the actual competition; that interpretation will enhance his or her confidence.2002, Ernest Cashmore, Sport Psychology: The Key Concepts, →ISBN, page 107
   • From now on, until we caught him, he was a confirmed eyeballer. Giving it out, expecting to take it. And quite prepared to give it out with extreme prejudice and lack of compunction. He was outrunning the anger of weightlessness. Eyeball confrontations with bus drivers, pavement hoggers, pushers of...2005, David Kettle, Elephant Gnosis, →ISBN, page 66
6. Something eye-catching or worth noticing.
   • Maybe you noticed on the sport-show or the streets? No commercials. No ads. That's right. NO ADS. An eyeballer for you.1990, James Tiptree Jr., Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
   • "Oh no-o-o-o. What a bust. I was expecting an eyeballer, but it was a total come-on.” “Eyeballer?” “Dealer slang for a flashy thing, a sweet-looking sports car, but crazy affordable, at least according to the ad,” Micah said.2015, Lorraine M. López, The Darling, →ISBN, page 235