Definition of private eye

private eye    

noun

• "private investigator."

  I moonlight as a private eye.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a job.

  Last edited on Jan 11 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 11 2015.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'a job':
gig	Definitions include: to dance.
her	Definitions include: any object.
nine to five	Definitions include: a job.
hustle	Definitions include: to work hard and get some money.
private d*ck	Definitions include: private investigator.
line of work	Definitions include: profession.
game, the	Definitions include: the pursuit of money.
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
side hustle	Definitions include: a hustle on the side.

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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 'private':
PI	Definitions include: acronym for "private investigator".
PM	Definitions include: acronym for "private message".
private	Definitions include: a small penis.
private d*ck	Definitions include: private investigator.
private Idaho	Definitions include: one's daydreams and the internal landscape they inhabit.
private parts	Definitions include: euphemism for genitals.
Private Pee Message	Definitions include: Private Pee Message means someone that is Private Messaging a person, but they are not being serious with the person they are Private Messaging. Example:
privates	Definitions include: genitals.
private time	Definitions include: a session of sex.

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