Eyeballing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of staring or ogling. countable, uncountable

    "When he did eventually return to work, those employees he'd identified as the ringleaders of the unionisation bid found themselves getting unexpectedly called into his office at odd hours of the day for intimidatory eyeballings."

  2. 2
    The practice of pouring vodka through the eye socket, falsely claimed to increase the rate of alcohol absorption. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of eyeball form-of, gerund, participle, present

    ""Another term was 'eyeballing,' which meant viewing and gandering around, such as 'eyeballing into Napels.'""

Example

More examples

"Ivan was walking around, eyeballing us."

Related phrases

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