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private eye
private eyen. See private investigator.private eye n (Professions) informal a private detective pri′vate eye′
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Informal. a private detective. [1935–40; eye, allusive phonetic rendering of I, abbr. of investigator] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  private eye - someone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationprivate detective, private investigator, shamus, sherlock, operative, PIdetective - an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the publichotel detective, house detective, house dick - a private detective employed by a hotel or retail storeinquiry agent - a private detectivestore detective - a private detective employed by a merchant to stop pilferage |
Translationscrunainvestigatoreinvestigatore privatoocchioprivato
private eye
private eyeslang A private investigator or detective. "Eye" is a pun on the letter "i" in "investigator." The disgraced police detective moved to another state and started a business as a private eye. It turned out they'd hired a private eye to keep tabs on her after she left the law firm.See also: eye, privateprivate eyeA privately employed detective, as opposed to one working for the police or another authority. For example, The children loved stories about private eyes, and Janey wanted to become one. This expression comes from the term private investigator, the "i" of investigator being changed to "eye," which plays on the idea of a person looking into things. [1930s] See also: eye, privatea ˌprivate ˈeye (informal) a detective who is not in the police, but who can be employed to find out information, find a missing person, follow somebody, etc: They hired a private eye to look for more evidence.See also: eye, privateprivate eye n. a detective who is licensed to work privately rather than for a police department. I worked for a while as a private eye. See also: eye, privatePrivate Eye
Private EyeAn earlier headband-mounted LED display system that plugged into a PC from Reflection Technology, Waltham, MA. Its 1x1" screen gave the appearance of a 12" monitor floating in space. See virtual display.private eye
Related to private eye: white pagesSynonyms for private eyenoun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect informationSynonyms- private detective
- private investigator
- shamus
- sherlock
- operative
- PI
Related Words- detective
- hotel detective
- house detective
- house dick
- inquiry agent
- store detective
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