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eye·ful

 (ī′fo͝ol′)
n.
1. A complete view.
2. One that is pleasing to the sight, especially an attractive person.
3. Sufficient observation to discover more than one had expected or enough to be satisfied: After an eyeful of his art collection, she decided to leave.
4. An amount of material blown or directed into the eye: got an eyeful of water from the squirt gun.
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eyeful

(ˈaɪfʊl)
n
1. a view, glance, or gaze: he got an eyeful of the secret before they blindfolded him.
2. a very beautiful or attractive sight, esp a woman
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eye•ful

(ˈaɪ fʊl)

n., pl. -fuls.
1. a thorough view: to get an eyeful of city life.
2. Informal. a very good-looking person.
3. an amount of foreign matter cast into the eye.
[1825–35]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.eyeful - a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
2.eyeful - a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful"
survey, view, sight - the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

eyeful

noun (Slang) look, view, sight, glance, gaze, butcher's (Brit. slang), gander (informal), shufti (Brit. slang) He took his shirt off and gave us an eyeful of his tattoos.
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Translations

eyeful

[ˈaɪfʊl] N he got an eyeful of mud → el lodo le dio de lleno en el ojo
get an eyeful of this! > → ¡echa un vistazo a esto!, ¡mira esto!
she's quite an eyeful! > → ¡está buenísima!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

eyeful

[ˈaɪfʊl] n
to get an eyeful → se rincer l'œil
to get an eyeful of sth → se rincer l'œil en voyant qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

eyeful

n he got an eyeful of soda water → er bekam Selterswasser ins Auge; she’s quite an eyeful (inf) → sie hat allerhand zu bieten (inf); I opened the bathroom door and got quite an eyeful → ich öffnete die Badezimmertür und sah allerhand (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

eyeful

[ˈaɪful] n (fam) to get an eyeful (of) → avere l'occasione di dare una bella sbirciata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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