Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The range of vision; sight.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Sight; view; range of vision; glance of the eye.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the range of the eye
Etymologies
- From earshot (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They flutter the corners of the paper you are writing on, scatter the lawn with the pages you have already finished, and cause leaves and flowers to wave within eyeshot, distractingly.”
“The view was a long one for the flatlands, the hospital having been built on the only swell within eyeshot.”
“Unfortunately the screen itself is highly reflective and the webcam also sits in a small glossy surround with the word 'eyeshot' beside it.”
“There were others walking with her on the sidewalk as she stayed within eyeshot of him, so she blended in.”
“The Brit John sneered at how this was "just American imperialism" and I shot back "Did you not notice that thousands of people were just murdered within eyeshot of where we work?”
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
“Martinez even planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville recruiting station, prosecutors said.”
“Manuelian said Martinez and the informant planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville, Md., recruiting station.”
The Washington Post: Baltimore man accused of bomb plot was entrapped, defense attorney says
“Claudia walked until she was out of eyeshot, then galloped.”
“However, while you can keep the Viagra habit to yourself for the most part just about anyone on the green within eyeshot of you will know if your golf swing is lame.”
“Jo still copied her maths off anyone within eyeshot and Jenny spent a lot of time playing with her shoe velcro.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eyeshot’.
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See, The Eyes Have It
List of words (or phrases) containing eye-, -eye-, or -eye. Beginning with red-eye and eyebright.
I've since begun adding other more oblique terms that lack the string -eye-, but that...red-eye, eyebright, arguw-eye, bigeye, bird's-eye, buckeye, blarneyed, wheyey, eyebrow, eyecup, eyedropper, eyeful and 296 more...
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hipshots
overshoots, long shot, earshot, shoot from the hip, bloodshot, mugshot, snapshot, eyeshot, jumpshot, hotshot, shotgun, slapshot and 22 more...
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Gil Blas
Interesting words and usages from Smollett's 1749 translation of Lesage's L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
reck, durance, rhodomontade, hangdog, trap, lustre, pin, boggle, dandle, birthday suit, colic, gripes and 238 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, E
excoriate, exoskeleton, enclave, endemic, erstwhile, entwine, elliptical, élan, earflaps, earlobe, earthen, earthenware and 238 more...
Tweets
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reesetee Ouch! Why does this sound so much more painful than earshot? Oct 2, 2008
yarb He heaped me up and pressed me down with civilities, especially within eyeshot of our common patron.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 8 ch. 5 Oct 2, 2008