Eyeful
adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A full or complete view; a good look.
- 2 a full view; a good look wordnet
- 3 A remarkable sight or a very attractive person. ironic, sometimes
- 4 a strikingly beautiful woman wordnet
- 5 Enough material to fill one's eye.
"I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust."
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- 6 A brief period of sleep; forty winks. informal
"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."
Adjective
- 1 Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
"With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]"
Example
More examples"He may be doing nothing worse than taking a whiff and an eyeful of the naughty world, getting something to talk about to the other fellows when he comes home."
Etymology
From eye + -ful.
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