Fisheye
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An unfriendly or suspicious glance. countable, uncountable
- 2 An undesirable effect in paint, particularly automotive finishes, normally caused by oil or other contaminants on the painted surface. countable, uncountable
- 3 An undesirable dull appearance in the table of a diamond that has been cut too shallow. countable, uncountable
- 4 Ellipsis of fisheye lens. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view."
- 1 To glance unfriendlily or suspiciously at. transitive
"She fisheyed our entrycards, looking to see if we’d remagnetized them to untoward purpose."
- 1 of or relating to a fisheye lens wordnet
Example
More examples"The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view."
Etymology
From fish + eye.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.