eyeballs

Noun

eyeball (plural eyeballs)

1. The ball of the eye.
   • Near-synonym: eye

   Synonyms:

   globe, globus, globus oculi, eyeglobe, bulbus oculi, bulbus, eye

2. An instance of eyeballing something.
   • Give this report an eyeball, will you please?
3. (informal) Surveillance.
   • Intelligence work is necessarily limited in scope by the capacity of national surveillance systems. […] Ultimately, it is only when you have an 'eyeball' or the electronic equivalent on a suspect that you have a reasonable chance of a preventive intervention.2016, Marie Breen-Smyth, The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence, page 384
4. (in plural) A readership or viewership.
   • We need compelling content for the new Web site so we can attract more eyeballs.
5. (slang, CB radio) A face-to-face meeting.
   • We had an eyeball last year.
6. (Caribbean) A favourite or pet; the apple of someone's eye.

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