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Eyeful

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.

    "With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A full or complete view; a good look.
  2. 2
    a full view; a good look wordnet
  3. 3
    A remarkable sight or a very attractive person. ironic, sometimes
  4. 4
    a strikingly beautiful woman wordnet
  5. 5
    Enough material to fill one's eye.

    "I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust."

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  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From eye + -ful.

Etymology 2

From eye + -ful.

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