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eyesful

eyesful is the plural of eyeful.

Meaning of eyeful

Noun

eyeful (plural eyefuls or eyesful)

  1. A full or complete view; a good look.
    • Get an eyeful of this!
  2. (ironic, sometimes) A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
    • 'Dat you, Robber? Lissen, Da Big Man muss be n'town. Whaddya mean yuh jes talked wit him 'n New York? Ah jes seen his gal 'n a Clearwater cab, one of da Stassen Company's. Headin' over da Causeway. Sho Ahm sartin. Cross ma heart. Couldn mistake dat eyeful.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 124
  3. Enough material to fill one's eye.
    • I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
  4. (informal) A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
    • We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.2021, Will Fey, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943–45, page 272

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Questions about eyesful

What is eyesful the plural of?
Eyesful is the plural of eyeful.

Words near eyesful in the dictionary

  1. eyeservants
  2. eyeserver
  3. eyeservers
  4. eyeservice
  5. eyeservices
  6. eyesful
  7. eyeshade
  8. eyeshades
  9. eyeshadow
  10. eyeshadowed
  11. eyeshadows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eyesful (page history and authors); eyeful (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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