Definition of an eye-opener

eye-opener    

noun

• an event that makes one realize the truth about something.

  That documentary was a real eye-opener.

  I visited a school in a low-income area. It was a real eye-opener.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.

  Last edited on Oct 26 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• an alcoholic drink consumed in the morning.

  I need an eye-opener before I face the day.

  • See more words with the same meaning: alcohol.

  Last edited on Oct 26 2017. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 26 2017.

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Other terms relating to 'alcohol':
G and T	Definitions include: a "gin and tonic" drink.
takillya	Definitions include: "tequila".
lunatic soup	Definitions include: alcohol.
giggle water	Definitions include: alcohol.
AMF	Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker."
cold one	Definitions include: a beer.
yak	Definitions include: an unattractive female, usually due to obesity.
mutha junkst	Definitions include: the biggest bottle of cheap alcohol one can find.
snort	Definitions include: a gulp of alcohol.
Jamie	Definitions include: Jameson whiskey.
hooker	Definitions include: a general insult.
drink, the	Definitions include: a body of water.
junkst	Definitions include: cheap alcohol.
OE	Definitions include: Short for "Olde English 800" brand malt liquor.
growler	Definitions include: defecation causing extreme pain, and audible growling sounds.
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Other terms relating to 'to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess':
squawk	Definitions include: to inform about a crime.
dead *ss	Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying".
straight up	Definitions include: truthfully.
sing	Definitions include: to tell the authorities details of a crime; "rat out".
cereal	Definitions include: serious, not kidding.
fess	Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.
on the real	Definitions include: truthful, honest.
be real	Definitions include: to act as oneself - to not put on a facade.
fess up	Definitions include: to confess.
for real though	Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though".
be straight-up	Definitions include: to be truthful.
on baby	Definitions include: used when you need to get your point across.
rep	Definitions include: to "represent".
swear down	Definitions include: to promise that what one is saying is true.
be ugly	Definitions include: to act without worrying about decorum.
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Other terms relating to 'eye':
an eye for the laddies	Definitions include: attracted to young males.
apple of (one's) eye	Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
brown eye	Definitions include: the anus.
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bum's eye	Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of style has.
easy on the eyes	Definitions include: attractive.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
eye-bang	Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully.
eye broccoli	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
eyebrowsing	Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset.
eye candy	Definitions include: an attractive person.
eye crusty	Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound".
eye-f*ck	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
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Other terms relating to 'open':
keep (one's) eyes open	Definitions include: to look out for something.
Kennywood's open	Definitions include: This term means "Your fly (zipper) is open".
leg opener	Definitions include: something that leads to a female opening her legs.
(one's) garage door is open	Definitions include: a person's fly is open.
open	Definitions include: interested in someone romantically.
open a can of pwnage	Definitions include: to defeat soundly.
open a can of whoop *ss	Definitions include: to beat someone up.
open a can of whup *ss	Definitions include: to beat someone up.
open minded	Definitions include: having bisexual tendencies. [AC-DC] [bi] [switch-hitter]
open (one's) legs	Definitions include: of a woman, to receive sex.
open the kimono	Definitions include: to share business details.
open up	Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
open up a can of whoop-*ss	Definitions include: beat, physically
open wound	Definitions include: female genitalia.
shut (one's) mouth wide open	Definitions include: to stop talking.
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