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Vinony

eyeful

noun

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From eye + -ful.

  1. Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.

    “With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]”

noun

Etymology: From eye + -ful.

  1. A full or complete view; a good look.

    “Get an eyeful of this!”

  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.”