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fish-eye

fish-eye is the alternative form of fisheye.

Meaning of fisheye

Noun

fisheye (countable and uncountable, plural fisheyes)

  1. An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
    Synonyms:
    stink eye
  2. An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface.
  3. An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow.

See all 4 meanings of fisheye

Forms of fish-eye

Noun
pluralfish-eyes
Verb
third-person singular presentfish-eyes
present participlefish-eyeing
past participlefish-eyed
pastfish-eyed
present participle (rare)fish-eying

Phrases with fish-eye

Questions about fish-eye

What is fish-eye the alternative form of?
Fish-eye is the alternative form of fisheye.

Words near fish-eye in the dictionary

  1. fish-eating crocodile
  2. fish-eating grin
  3. fish-eating grins
  4. fish-eating rat
  5. fish-eating rats
  6. fish-eye
  7. fish-eye lens
  8. fish-eye lenses
  9. fish-eyed
  10. fish-eyeing
  11. fish-eyes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fish-eye (page history and authors); fisheye (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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