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In some senses, eyeful is marked as informal, ironic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
eyeful
noun 4adj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
naughty
VERB + EYEFUL
getting, got, grab
EYEFUL + NOUN
trophies
Definitions
noun
1
A full or complete view; a good look.
2
A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
3
Enough material to fill one's eye.
I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
an eyeful of tears
4
A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.
adj
1
Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]
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I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
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an eyeful of tears
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We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.
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With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]
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I got an eyeful.
Tatoeba · #1066525606
He may be doing nothing worse than taking a whiff and an eyeful of the naughty world, getting something to talk about to the other fellows when he comes home.
Tatoeba · #11756717Usage Notes
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