Reverse Dictionary: EYE

ADJECTIVES
► AGATE-EYED having eyes resembling agate; having a hard or intense gaze → 1863
► AT EBB of the eyes: dry → 1610 poetic usage
► AUGER-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes → 1927 Amer. dial.
► AWRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry → 1919 Amer. dial.
► BALD of eyes: lidless, staring → 1809
► BLARED of an eye: wide-open, bulging → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BLARE-EYED having wide-open, bulging eyes → 1964 Amer. dial.
► BLAREY-EYED having eyes which turn outward; wall-eyed → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BLINTERIN’ having weak eyes; near-sighted → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOOGERY-EYED having very round eyes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BRIGHT of eyes or eyesight: sharp, keen, perceptive → a1225
► BUCK-EYED characterized by unusual eyes; having round eyes; cock-eyed → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUDGE-EYED having bulging eyes → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BUG-EYED having bulging eyes → 1922 orig. US
► BUGGY bug-eyed → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUGLE-EYED having very round eyes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BUNG-EYED having protruding eyes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUTTONED UP of the mouth, lips, or eyes: firmly closed → 1753
► CAT-EYED having piercing or sharp eyes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN-EYED having very round eyes → 1970 Amer. dial.
► COTTON-EYED having the whites of the eyes prominent → 1905 Amer. dial.
► COW-EYED having very round eyes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CROWED marked with crow’s feet about the eyes → 1851
► CROW-FOOTED marked with crow’s feet about the eyes → 1834
► DARKENED of an eye: closed → E19 boxing sl.
► DEER-EYED having soft or languid eyes → Bk1897
► EGG-EYED of persons: having very round eyes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► EYESORE having sore or tired eyes → 1842
► GAM of an eye: wavering, uncertain → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAME wavering, uncertain → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GOTCH-EYED having eyes that look in different directions, looking inward → 1954 Amer. dial.
► GRAVY-EYED bleary-eyed; having mucus-filled eyes → L18 sl.
► HARE-EYED having eyes that look all round, or that are never closed → 1611
► HAWK-EYED pop-eyed, bug-eyed → 1960 Amer. dial.
► KEEN-EYED of the eyes: sharp, piercing → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LACHRYMOSE of the eyes: suffused with tears → 1727
► LONG-EYED wall-eyed; having eyes looking outwards → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LUNTING smoking, blazing, glowing; of the eyes: flashing → 1786
► MARBLE-EYED round-eyed → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MICE-EYED having the keen eyes of mice; keen-eyed, sharp-sighted → .1509 obs.
► MINK-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MURK of a person’s eyes: having the vision obscured; dim-sighted → 1300 obs.
► NEEDLE-EYED having very sharp or piercing eyes → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OGLE-EYED having round or bulging eyes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OMELETTE-EYED having very round eyes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OREY-EYED ► ORIE-EYED ► ORRY-EYED having bleary or wild-looking eyes, esp. as a result of drunkenness; drunk; enraged, angry → 1926 Amer. dial.
► OX-EYED having large full eyes → 1621
► PEA-EYED having small, round, beady eyes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PIG-EYED having eyes that stick out; having squinty eyes → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POLYOMMATOUS having many eyes → 1864 obs.
► POPPY of the eyes: bulging, protuberant → 1899 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM-EYED having sharp or piercing eyes → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RANGY of eyes: looking in different directions; walleyed → 1966 Amer. dial.
► REEK-SHOT of the eyes: become suddenly sore and watery without any apparent cause → Bk1904 Sc.
► SANGUINED of eyes: bloodshot → 1700 obs.
► SANGUINOUS of eyes: bloodshot → 1490 obs.
► SAUCER-EYED having large, round eyes → 1622
► SCREECH-EYED having the eyes narrowed → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SCRINCH-EYED having the eyes narrowed → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SCROUGED UP of the eyes: contracted, narrowed → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SHARP AS A GIMLICK said of bright eyes → 1993 Eng. dial.
► SPEECHFUL of the eyes: full of expression, expressive → a1849
► SUDDEN of the eye: glancing quickly → 1590 obs.
► SWIMMING of the eyes: suffused with tears; watery → 1703
► SWIMMY of the eyes: watery, tearful → 1936
► SWINE-EYED having eyes likened to those of a pig, esp. in being small and deep-set → 1654
► SWIVEL-EYED having eyes pointing in different direction; hence, having a crazed or frenzied appearance; mad, crazy; holding views regarded as extreme or fanatical → 1758 colloq.
► VAGARISH of the eyes: disposed to wander; wandering → 1819 obs.
► VAGUE of the eyes: devoid of expression → 1820 poetic
► VAPOROUS of the eyes: moist with tears → 1583 obs.
► WAPPER of the eyes: blinking, unsteady → 1581 obs.
► WAPPER-EYED blinking, blear-eyed, squinting; having restless eyes → 1604 Eng. dial.
► YELDER-E’ED having an evil or unlucky eye → Bk1905 Sc. obs.

NOUNS
► AGATE EYE an eye resembling an eye, esp. in being dark, intense, or hard → 1856 poetic & literary usage
► AGGIE EYES eyes that haven’t had enough sleep → Brit. sl.
► APPLE the pupil of the eye → 1598
► APPLE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye → a1300
► APPLE PIE an eye → 1930s US criminals’ rhyming sl.
► BABY BLUES human eyes, irrespective of their actual colour → 1910s sl., orig. US
► BABY’S CRIES the eyes → 1920s rhyming sl.
► BAIRNIE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye → 1825 Sc.
► BAT dark specks which appear floating before the eyes when the sight is impaired → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BEEFER a black eye → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BEEF-EYE a black eye → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BEEFSTEAK EYE a black eye → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BIFF a black eye → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BINS the eyes → 2007 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BIRD the pupil of the eye → 1691 Eng. dial.
► BLACK PEEPER a black eye → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BLINKER the eye → 1816 sl.
► BLUE EYE the darkened area around an eye caused by bruising; a black eye → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOOGER nasal mucus; also, occasionally, mucus from the eye → 1891 Amer. dial.
► BOTANY BAY COAT OF ARMS a black eye → Bk1945 Aust.
► BRIGHTS the eyes → Bk2006 US sl.
► BRUISER a black eye → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUG EYE a very round or bulging eye → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUGSY EYE a very round or bulging eye → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUNGER a black eye → 1900s US sl.
► BUNG-EYE an eye infection caused by flies → L19 Aust. sl.
– a protruding eye → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUNGY-EYE an eye infection caused by flies → L19 Aust. sl.
► BUNNY a black eye → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUTTONHOLE a person’s eye or mouth regarded as resembling a buttonhole, esp. in being small, narrow, or slit-like → 1599
► CANDLE OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye → 1888 Eng. dial.
► CAT TRACK any eye disease → 1919 Amer. dial.
► CHEATERS the eyes → 1977 UK sl.
► COLONIAL LIVERY black eyes → Bk1945 Aust.
► COW EYE ► COW’S EYE a very round, sometimes protruding, eye → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRAB EYE a protuberant or prominent eye → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CRACKLINGS hardened mucus in the corners of the eyes in the morning → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CRANBERRY EYE a bloodshot eye → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► CRAWDAD EYE a protruding or prominent eye → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CRYSTAL an eye → 1592 obs.
► DAISY a black eye → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DAYLIGHTS the eyes → 1752 sl., esp. nautical usage
► DAY-OPENER an eye → c1840 sl., orig. boxing usage
► DEADLIGHTS the eyes → 19C sl.
► DOMELIGHTS the eyes → 1990s US sl.
► DOOZY a black eye → 1965
► DUCK’S MEAT mucus produced in the eye → 1990s Ulster sl.
► EEKIE an eye → 1875 Sc.
► EENIE an eye → 1875 Sc.
► EYE-APPLE the pupil of the eye or the eyeball → 1658
► EYE-LIMPET an artificial eye → 1866 sl. obs.
► EYE-PEARL a cataract or other opacity in the eye → 1597 obs.
► EYES LIKE COD’S BOLLOCKS protuberant eyes → 1961 UK sl.
► EYES LIKE PISS-HOLES IN THE SNOW deeply sunken or squinting eyes; often a symptom of a hangover → 1970 UK sl.
► EYE-WEB a cataract or other opacity of the eye → 1657 obs.
► EYEWINKER an eyelash; also, an eye or eyelid; usually in plural → 1808 orig. Sc.
► FAR-KEEKER the eye → 1856 Eng. dial. sl.
► GAGERS ► GAGGERS the eyes → 1859 US sl.
► GARR the hardened matter discharged by the eyes during sleep → 1825 Sc.
► GEMINIS a pair of eyes → 1633 obs.
► GLIM an eye; a pair of spectacles → 1889 Amer. dial.
► GLIMMER an eye → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GLORYS the eyes → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► GOGGLERS the eyes → 1821 sl.
► GOOG a black eye → 1920s US sl.
► GOO-GOO an eye → 1910s sl.
► GUM the sticky secretion that collects in the inner corner of the eye → a1616
► HALF-A-SURPRISE a single black eye → L19 sl.
► HAWK EYE ► HAWK’S EYE a sharp or keen eye like a hawk’s → 1684
► HEADLIGHTS eyes → 1960s Amer. sl.
► INK-SAUCER a dark mark beneath the eye → 1884
► IRISH COAT OF ARMS a black eye → M18 sl.
– two black eyes and a bleeding nose → E19 US sl.
► IRISHMAN’S COAT OF ARMS a black eye → M18 sl.
– two black eyes and a bleeding nose → E19 US sl.
► KEEKERS the eyes → 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LAMPS the eyes → 1590 sl., orig. poetical (Shakespeare)
► LIGHTS the eyes → 1820 Amer. sl.
► LOOKERS eyes → Bk1913 Amer. dial.
► MARBLE EYE a large, round eye → 1930 Amer. dial.
► MATT the stuff in the corner of your eyes when you wake up in the morning → 1983 Amer. dial.
► MILK EYE a big, round, soft eye, like a baby’s → 1950 Amer. dial.
► MINCE-PIES ► MINCES the eyes → 1857 UK rhyming sl.
► MINK EYE an eye with a sharp or piercing look → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOCK-EYE a glass eye → 1900 Eng. dial.
► MOPE-EYES eyes suffering from short-sightedness → 1649 obs.
► MOUSE a black eye → 1854 sl.
► MOUSER a lump or swelling caused by a blow; a black eye → 1860 Amer. dial.
► MULTIPLYING EYE an eye that sees double or confusedly, esp. because of intoxication → 1655
► MUTTON-PIES the eyes → 1887 rhyming sl.
► NEEN eyes → 1684 Eng. dial. obs.
► NELLIE (BLIGH) ► NELLY (BLIGH) ► NELLY BLY an eye; generally in plural → 1910s rhyming sl.
► NEON an eye → 1979 US sl.
► NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS a black eye → 1678 UK sl.
► OCAL the eye → 2002 UK sl.
► OCEAN LINER a black eye → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘shiner’
► OCULAR an eye → 1825 humorous
► OGLE an eye; esp. in boxing → 1676 sl.
► OGLE EYE a bulging or round eye → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OGLER an eye → 1786 sl.
► OMMATOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of eyes → 1991 (Bk.)
► ONIONS the eyes → 1943 sl.
► OPAL the eye → 2002 UK sl.
► OPTICS the eyes → 1620
► ORB the globe of the eye; the eyeball; the eye → a1600 poetic
► ORBIT the eyeball, the eye → 1728
► OX-EYE a large human eye → 1688
► PAINTED PEEPERS black eyes → 1860 obs.
► PEA EYE a small, round eye → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PEA OF THE EYE the pupil of the eye → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► PEARL a cataract in the eye → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PEEPER a black eye → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PEEPERS the eyes → c1690 sl.
► PEEPERS IN MOURNING black eyes → 19C obs.
► PIEBALD EYE a black eye → L19 sl.
► PIERCER a piercing eye → 1752 colloq.
► PIGSNEY an eye; the eye of a woman → 1663 obs.
► PINKANY a small, narrow, blinking, or peering eye → 1578 obs.
► POLYPHEMUS EYE a single eye → 1867
► PORKY an eye → 1990s rhyming sl. (Porky Pie)
► PUDDING AND PIE the eye → Brit. sl.
► QUEER LAMPS sore or weak eyes → 1812 sl.
► QUEER OGLES cross eyes → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► QUEER PEEPERS squinting or short-sighted eyes → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► RAINBOW the iris of the eye → 1615 obs.
► RUNNING LIGHTS eyes → 1950s Amer. sl.
► SAND-DUST the gritty matter that forms in the eyes when one is sleepy or sleeping → 1977 Amer. dial.
► SAUCER EYE an eye as large and round as a saucer; generally ascribed to spectres and ghosts → 1664
► SAUCERS the eyes → 1864 sl.
► SHANTY a black eye → 1859 Amer. dial.
► SHEEN the pupil of the eye → 1500 Sc. obs.
► SHINER an eye blackened by a blow → 1904 sl.
► SHUTTERS the eyelids; the eyes → L19 Amer. sl.
► SIDE-LIGHTS eyes → L19 nautical sl.
► SIGHT the pupil of the eye → c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SIGHT-HOLE the pupil of the eye → 1670 obs.
► SLANTERS the eyes → 1940s US Black sl.
► SMUT ‘sleep’ or gritty matter that sometimes forms in one’s eyes during sleep → 1981 Amer. dial.
► SPADE gum secreted at the corner of the eye → OE now Eng. dial.
► SPOTTERS one’s eyes → 1940s US Black sl.
► SQUINTERS the eyes → c1760 sl.
► SUIT OF MOURNING two black eyes → Bk1904 sl.
► SWINE EYE ► SWINE’S EYE an eye likened to that of a pig, esp. in being small and deep-set → 1981
► SWIVEL EYE an eye which points in a different direction from the other; a squinting eye → 1765 colloq.
► TOOMING an aching or dizziness of the eyes → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TOP LIGHTS the eyes → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► TWINK a winking of the eye; the time taken by this; a twinkling; the shortest possible space of time; a moment → a1400
► WINK-A-PEEPS the eyes → 1615 obs.
► WINKERS granules in the corners of the eyes → 1950 Amer. dial.
► YAK the eye → 1907 Sc., orig. gypsy
► YILL-CUP EYE a large or ‘saucer’ eye → 1789 Sc.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BANJO EYES a person who has large, wide-open eyes → 1928 US sl.
► BLINKER a blear-eyed person; a person blind of one eye; a near-sighted person → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLINTER a person with weak eyes → 19C Sc.
► BLINTERER a person with weak eyes → Bk1911 Sc.
► CHINA-EYE a blue-eyed girl → 1930 Amer. dial.
► EYE-WRIGHT a person who cures eyes → 1656 obs.
► GANDER a person with one eye, or who squints → 1892 Eng. dial.
► HAPPY HOOLIGAN a person who eyes stick out → 1968 Amer. dial.
► IRISH-BEAUTY a woman with two black eyes → Bk1896 sl.
► MONOCULAR a one-eyed person → 1885 obs.
► MONOCULE a one-eyed person → 1832 obs.
► MONOCULIST a one-eyed person → 1622 obs.
► MONOCULUS a one-eyed person → 1597 obs.
► MONOPS a person who has only one eye → 1743
► OCULARIST a maker of artificial eyes → 1866
► OCULIST a physician or surgeon who treats diseases and affections of the eye → 1615
– bone who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person → 1660 obs.
► ONE AND A PEPPERMINT DROP a person with only one eye → L19 sl.
► ONE EYE AND A WINKLE a blind person, or a person with one eye → 1953 sl.
► OPHTHALMIATER an ophthalmic surgeon; an oculist → 1761
► OPHTHALMIST one versed in the structure and functions of the eye; an ophthalmologist → 1696
► OPTIC one skilled in optics; an optician → 1636 obs.
► OPTIST an optician → 1639 obs.
► SAUCER-EYES a person with large eyes → 1869 Eng. dial.
► SINGLE PEEPER a one-eyed person → L18
► SPARKLER one whose eyes sparkle → Bk1895 obs.
► WESTLOOKER a person who has a squint or cast of the eye → 1425 obs.

VERBS
► ABRAID – to raise the eyes → 1000 obs.
► ABREDE of the mouth or eyes: to open wide → 1000 obs.
► BAB to shut one’s eyes → 1806 Sc.
► BAIT of the eyes: to feast → c1374 obs.
► BAP to open and close the eyes quickly → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BAT to wink; to shut the eyes → 1845 Amer. dial.
► BLARE to open the eyes widely; to stare wildly → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BUG OUT of the eyes: to bulge, esp. in astonishment → 1877 Amer. dial.
► BUG OUT LIKE SHOW BUTTONS of the eyes: to bulge, esp. in astonishment → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUILD A SHANTY to bruise the area around the eye by hitting a person → 1859 Amer. dial.
► COP A MOUSE to get a black eye → L19 sl.
► CUT ONE’S EYE DOWN to blacken one’s eye → 1927 Amer. dial.
► DASWEN of the eyes: to be or become dim → 1382 obs.
► FALL TOGETHER of the eyes: to close → a1300 obs.
► GATHER STRAWS of the eyes: to be sleepy
► GOO-GOO to make eyes at someone → 1900s US sl.
► HAVE DANCED AT AN IRISH WEDDING to have got two black eyes → Bk1896 sl.
► HAVE EYES LIKE COD’S BALLOCKS to have popping eyes → 1984 sl.
► MILL ONE’S GLAZE to knock out one’s eye → L18 sl.
► MOUSE to give a black eye → 1920s sl.
► OCULATE to set eyes upon; to eye, to see, to behold → 1609 obs.
► PAINT SOMEONE’S EYE FOR THEM to give someone a black eye → L19 sl.
► POACH to blacken the eyes → c1890 boxing sl.
► QUEER SOMEONE’S OGLES to get or give a black eye → L18 sl.
► RAKE to rub the rheum from the eyes → 1708 Sc.
► ROIL of the eyes: to roll → LME obs.
► SCRINGE to close your eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SCROOCH to narrow the eyes, to squint → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKEW to turn the eyes sidewards → 1577 obs.
► SNILCH to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely → 1676 cant obs.
► TO-HEAVE to ‘lift up’ one’s eyes, to open → 1398 obs.
► UNBUTTON THE EYES to open the eyes wide, to strain them → 1901 Eng. dial.
► VAIL to lower or cast down the eyes; to bend or bow down the head; to hang the tail → 1586 now arch.
► WAIL of the eyes: to weep → 1593 obs.
► WALL to roll the eyes so as to show the white → c1480
► WAPPER to blink the eyes; also, to move tremulously → 1575 obs.
► WAUL to roll the eyes so as to show the white → 1952 Amer. dial.