black eye en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Meanings
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A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.
"You got a black eye out of him, and that's for publication. We can't have this reign of terror, Mr. Malone."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- (figuratively) A defeat.
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(figuratively) Damage to a reputation.
He looked downward in mournful gloom at the skeet-shooting range he had ordered built for the officers on his headquarters staff, and he recalled the mortifying afternoon General Dreedle had tongue-lashed him ruthlessly in front of Colonel Korn and Major Danby and ordered him to throw open the range to all the enlisted men and officers on combat duty. The skeet-shooting range had been a real black eye for him, Colonel Cathcart was forced to conclude.
1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Simon & Schuster (2003), p. 205
- (dated) An eye having a dark iris, regarded as a point of beauty.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, eye.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| black eyes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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he פנס (bruised eye) · cs monokl (bruised eye) · mk модро око (bruised eye) · ja パンダ目 (bruised eye) · hu monokli (bruised eye) · da blåt øje (bruised eye) · bg насинено око (bruised eye) · fr œil au beurre noir (bruised eye) · pl szkoda wizerunkowa (figurative: damage to a reputation) · ca ull morat (bruised eye) · ru фона́рь (bruised eye) · ar عَيْن سَوْدَاء (bruised eye) · grc ὑπώπιον (bruised eye) · uk підби́те о́ко (bruised eye) · uk фінга́л (bruised eye) · is glóðarauga (bruised eye) · fo blátt eyga (bruised eye) · es ojo a la funerala (bruised eye) · da sæbeøje (bruised eye) · cmn 黑眼圈 (bruised eye) · eo subokula bluaĵo (bruised eye) · ca ull de vellut (bruised eye) · cmn 熊猫眼 (bruised eye) · pt olho roxo (bruised eye) · sv blåtira (bruised eye) · fi musta silmä (bruised eye) · es ojo morado (bruised eye) · lv zila acs (bruised eye) · sv blått öga (bruised eye) · fr œil poché (bruised eye) · fr mélanobutyrophtalmie (bruised eye) · hy կապտած աչք (bruised eye) · nrf yi pochi (bruised eye) · ro ochi vânăt (bruised eye) · de Veilchen (bruised eye) · pl limo (bruised eye) · pl podkowa (bruised eye) · pl podbite oko (bruised eye) · no blåveis (bruised eye) · ru подби́тый глаз (bruised eye) · cy llygad du (bruised eye) · tl pasa sa mata (bruised eye) · pl porażka (figurative: defeat) · es moratón (bruised eye) · nl blauw oog (bruised eye) · ru синя́к под гла́зом (bruised eye) · fr cocard (bruised eye) · el μαύρο μάτι (bruised eye) · uk сине́ць під о́ком (bruised eye) · tr morarmış göz (bruised eye) · af blou oog (bruised eye) · no blått øye (bruised eye) · unm sëkshenkweokàn (bruised eye) · de blaues Auge (bruised eye) · ga súil dhubh (bruised eye) · ru финга́л (bruised eye) · ru бланш (bruised eye)