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four-eyes

four-eyes noun: a person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.

Noun

four-eyes (plural four-eyes)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.
    • As soon as he saw me he hailed me as “Four eyes,” in reference to my spectacles, and said, “Four eyes is going to treat.” I joined in the laugh and got behind the stove and sat down, thinking to escape notice.1913, Theodore Roosevelt, “In Cowboy Land”, in An Autobiography, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 136

four-eyes meaning in Hindi and Vietnamese

four-eyes in Hindi

(derogatory) person who wears spectacles
चश्मिश caśmiś

four-eyes in Vietnamese

(derogatory) person who wears spectacles
bốn mắt

Forms of four-eyes

pluralfour-eyes
alternative formfour eyes

Words formed from four-eyes

  • specky four-eyes

Questions about four-eyes

What does four-eyes mean?
Four-eyes means a person who wears spectacles/eyeglasses.
What is four-eyes in Hindi?
Four-eyes in Hindi is चश्मिश (caśmiś). See Four-eyes meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is four-eyes?
Four-eyes is a noun.
What is the plural of four-eyes?
The plural of four-eyes is four-eyes.

Words near four-eyes in the dictionary

  1. four-doors
  2. four-eye principle
  3. four-eyed
  4. four-eyed fish
  5. four-eyed fishes
  6. four-eyes
  7. four-fifths
  8. four-flush
  9. four-flushed
  10. four-flusher
  11. four-flushers

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