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Definition of eyeball
eyeball 
noun
- a visitor to a website. Usually used in the plural.
We need more eyeballs to make a profit.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on Mar 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
verb - transitive
- to stare at.
Citation from Rookie Blue, "Signals Crossed", Season 1 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Feb 01 2003.
- to look at.
- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
- to examine.
- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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| Definitions include: to kill or seriously damage. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?" | |
| Definitions include: to arrive unexpectedly and uninvited, esp. to a social function such as a party or ceremony. | |
| Definitions include: "what do you think". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Fixed That For You". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for fuck's sake." | |
| Definitions include: in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited. | |
| Definitions include: a window that appears when a computer program is started, but before its main interface is displayed. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "this is not legal advice". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "off-topic". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I don't know". | |
Other terms relating to 'dude, person of unspecified gender': | |
| Definitions include: a song. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has both street and book knowledge. | |
| Definitions include: "you all." | |
| Definitions include: a male. | |
| Definitions include: a stand-in name used to represent the everyman. | |
| Definitions include: Standard American English doesn't have a 2nd person plural personal pronoun, so "y'all" is sometimes used to fill this gap. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: a British person. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: a person who raps. | |
| Definitions include: "Tweep I'd like to follow." | |
| Definitions include: bastard. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: a young person or child. | |
Other terms relating to 'to look, see': | |
| Definitions include: to examine closely. | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: to see. | |
| Definitions include: a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look." | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: to see, look at. | |
| Definitions include: generally displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to look at. | |
| Definitions include: "look". | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: A visual examination, especially of a person of the opposite sex. | |
| Definitions include: to watch. | |
| Definitions include: to look at. | |
| Definitions include: a look. | |
Other terms relating to 'to stare, watch': | |
| Definitions include: to stare. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor. | |
| Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at. | |
| Definitions include: to stare with sexual intent. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: to monitor. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at breasts, usually in cold weather. | |
| Definitions include: a person. | |
| Definitions include: to watch. | |
| Definitions include: to supervise a person. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; GLARE. | |
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| Definitions include: visitors to a website. | |
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