Word Study
eyeful
CIDE DICTIONARY
eyeful, a.
Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
eyeful, n.
- a view of something remarkable; a completely satisfying view; as much as, or more than, one would want to see; as, he got an eyeful of burnt-out buildings on his tour of the south Bronx. [PJC]
- an unusually attractive person, especially a beautiful woman. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
eyeful, n. (pl. -fuls) colloq.
1 a long steady look.
2 a visually striking person or thing.
3 anything thrown or blown into the eye.
1 a long steady look.
2 a visually striking person or thing.
3 anything thrown or blown into the eye.
THESAURUS
eyeful
beaut, dekko, eye, knockout, leer, leering look, look, look-in, looker, lovely, lustful leer, picture, poem, preview, prospect, regard, scene, sidelong look, sight, sly look, stunner, thing of beauty, view, visionFor further exploring for "eyeful" in Webster Dictionary Online