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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
eyeful
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Alyson is an eyeful, standing there in her miniskirt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I'd call her an eyeful, Kate.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
eyeful

eyeful \eye"ful\, n.

  1. 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.

  2. an unusually attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
eyeful

also eye-ful, "good look at," 1796, originally in ornamental gardening, from eye (n.) + -ful.

Wiktionary
eyeful

a. Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable. alt. 1 A full or complete view; a good look. 2 A remarkable sight or a very attractive person (sometimes used ironically). 3 An amount of material blown into the eye. n. 1 A full or complete view; a good look. 2 A remarkable sight or a very attractive person (sometimes used ironically). 3 An amount of material blown into the eye.

WordNet
eyeful
  1. n. a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque redheaded eyeful"

  2. a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful"

Usage examples of "eyeful".

Dwig, had seen for himself that Walder, expecting an influx of curiosity seekers, had locked up all of his worth-while stock and left nothing but showcases of cheap trinkets and notions for visitors to look at, after getting an eyeful of the six star sapphires.

And when light struck them they shimmered, threw off others, eyefuls of color.

Even when I'm just lazin' around I can be quite an eyeful, and today I decked myself out to the nines just ta be sure to make an impression.

And as she moved around the kitchen, her nightwear made for quite an eyeful.

The dapper lawyer had queered Monk’s chances with more than one luscious eyeful.