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fisheye

/ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/

fisheye noun: an unfriendly or suspicious glance. Also the ellipsis of fisheye lens.

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.

Verb

fisheye (third-person singular simple present fisheyes, present participle fisheyeing or (rare) fisheying, simple past and past participle fisheyed)

  1. (transitive) To glance unfriendlily or suspiciously at.
    • She fisheyed our entrycards, looking to see if we’d remagnetized them to untoward purpose.1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 27
    • The director fisheyed me—I strolled to the trailer, nonchalant.1992, James Ellroy, White Jazz, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Gold Medal, →ISBN, page 164

Also used as

fisheye is also the ellipsis of fisheye lens.

Synonyms of fisheye

Forms of fisheye

Noun
pluralfisheyes
alternative formfish eye
alternative formfish-eye
Verb
third-person singular presentfisheyes
present participlefisheyeing
past participlefisheyed
pastfisheyed
present participle (rare)fisheying

Origin of fisheye

From fish + eye.

Phrases with fisheye

Questions about fisheye

What does fisheye mean?
Fisheye means an unfriendly or suspicious glance.
What part of speech is fisheye?
Fisheye can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fisheye?
Fisheye is pronounced /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/.
What is the plural of fisheye?
The plural of fisheye is fisheyes.

Words near fisheye in the dictionary

  1. fishet
  2. fishetarian
  3. fishetarians
  4. fisheth
  5. fishets
  6. fisheye
  7. fisheye lens
  8. fisheye lenses
  9. fisheyed
  10. fisheyeing
  11. fisheyes

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