eyeballingn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪbɔːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌbɔlɪŋ/,

/ˈaɪˌbɑlɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eyeball n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < eyeball n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later eyeball v.

colloquial.

†1. Australian. The action of working extremely hard, esp. at a gruelling manual task; arduous physical labour. Cf. to work (also slave) one's eyeballs out at eyeball n. Phrases 1. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Aust. 302 This day's work is what is generally though not elegantly termed ‘eye-balling’, and its duration amounted in colonial phraseology, to a ‘Sundowner’.

1847 A. Harris Settlers & Convicts v. 84 We used to..have our breakfast before going to work, on account of the day being so short in the cedar-brush. But when we did begin to work it was pretty solid eye-balling.

1851 Goulburn Herald & County of Argyle Advertiser (Austral.) 1 Nov. 4/4 Oakey Creek seems a very quiet place; the miners take the work steady and easy; there was no appearance of eye-balling or bustle.

2. Originally U.S.

a. The action of eyeball v. 2; watching, staring, or making eye contact, esp. at length or in a challenging manner.

ΚΠ

1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 5 Dec. 6/4 There was the old maestro himself,..with two cute little numbers... Plenty of wives around too doing a little quiet eye-balling.

1964 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 5 Apr. 5 d/2 Steve Herman..was the object of the icy eyeballing of the scouts [of the opposing team].

1970 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 21 Sept. a4/7 This eyeballing came when Teddy Gleason went to the White House at Kissinger's invitation for a briefing.

1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick vii. 81 It was like an eye-balling contest. You better not look away because that means you haven't got the nerve.

2003 Daily Tel. 14 May 20/5 90 per cent of a sumo bout has been won before it begins... Ritualised eyeballing, known as shikiri , is as important as the wrestling.

b. Scrutiny, investigation; spec. visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone. Cf. eyeball v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > scrutiny

advicea1400

scrutiny1796

eyeballing1959

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating

vesteyinga1425

exquisitionc1430

investigationa1450

inspect1490

exploration1544

prosecution1564

indagation1583

investigating1598

searchant1635

explorement1646

eyeballing1959

security check1970

1959 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 14 Dec. 4/1 We have seen only the beginning of this eyeballing of the things we eat.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. c2 Thousands of State Department workers..listed themselves as American Indians and Eskimos. That is when the government shifted to supervisory identification, or eyeballing.

1980 Yachting Mar. 71/1 It [sc. coral] can be detected by attentive eyeballing as a navigation hazard.

1990 G. de Vaucouleurs in A. Lightman & R. Brawer Origins 91 Having been trained as a physicist, I was not impressed by this eyeballing of photographs to decide the Hubble type of galaxy.

2012 B. Holmes et al. Score Higher on UKCAT iv. 89 This question is a little more tricky, as the lines for newts and tadpoles are difficult to compare through eyeballing.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyeballing
释义	eyeballingn. Brit. /ˈʌɪbɔːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌbɔlɪŋ/, /ˈaɪˌbɑlɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eyeball n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < eyeball n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare slightly later eyeball v. colloquial. †1. Australian. The action of working extremely hard, esp. at a gruelling manual task; arduous physical labour. Cf. to work (also slave) one's eyeballs out at eyeball n. Phrases 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1846 C. P. Hodgson Reminisc. Aust. 302 This day's work is what is generally though not elegantly termed ‘eye-balling’, and its duration amounted in colonial phraseology, to a ‘Sundowner’. 1847 A. Harris Settlers & Convicts v. 84 We used to..have our breakfast before going to work, on account of the day being so short in the cedar-brush. But when we did begin to work it was pretty solid eye-balling. 1851 Goulburn Herald & County of Argyle Advertiser (Austral.) 1 Nov. 4/4 Oakey Creek seems a very quiet place; the miners take the work steady and easy; there was no appearance of eye-balling or bustle. 2. Originally U.S. a. The action of eyeball v. 2; watching, staring, or making eye contact, esp. at length or in a challenging manner. ΚΠ 1942 N.Y. Amsterdam Star-News 5 Dec. 6/4 There was the old maestro himself,..with two cute little numbers... Plenty of wives around too doing a little quiet eye-balling. 1964 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 5 Apr. 5 d/2 Steve Herman..was the object of the icy eyeballing of the scouts [of the opposing team]. 1970 Alton (Illinois) Evening Tel. 21 Sept. a4/7 This eyeballing came when Teddy Gleason went to the White House at Kissinger's invitation for a briefing. 1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick vii. 81 It was like an eye-balling contest. You better not look away because that means you haven't got the nerve. 2003 Daily Tel. 14 May 20/5 90 per cent of a sumo bout has been won before it begins... Ritualised eyeballing, known as shikiri , is as important as the wrestling. b. Scrutiny, investigation; spec. visual inspection or assessment; estimation or measurement by sight alone. Cf. eyeball v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > scrutiny advicea1400 scrutiny1796 eyeballing1959 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating vesteyinga1425 exquisitionc1430 investigationa1450 inspect1490 exploration1544 prosecution1564 indagation1583 investigating1598 searchant1635 explorement1646 eyeballing1959 security check1970 1959 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 14 Dec. 4/1 We have seen only the beginning of this eyeballing of the things we eat. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Apr. c2 Thousands of State Department workers..listed themselves as American Indians and Eskimos. That is when the government shifted to supervisory identification, or eyeballing. 1980 Yachting Mar. 71/1 It [sc. coral] can be detected by attentive eyeballing as a navigation hazard. 1990 G. de Vaucouleurs in A. Lightman & R. Brawer Origins 91 Having been trained as a physicist, I was not impressed by this eyeballing of photographs to decide the Hubble type of galaxy. 2012 B. Holmes et al. Score Higher on UKCAT iv. 89 This question is a little more tricky, as the lines for newts and tadpoles are difficult to compare through eyeballing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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