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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"
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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
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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