clap eyes on

noun

1. the organ of sight in humans and animals
2. 1. the eyeball
   2. the iris brown eyes
3. the area around the eye, including the eyelids to get a black eye
4. the power of seeing; sight; vision weak eyes
5. a look; glance; gaze to cast an eye on something
6. attention; regard; observation
7. the power of judging, estimating, discriminating, etc. by eyesight a good eye for distances
8. judgment; opinion; estimation in the eyes of the law
9. a thing like an eye in appearance or function; specif.,
   1. a bud of a tuber, as a potato
   2. the spot on a peacock's tail feather
   3. the center of a flower; disk
   4. a hole in a tool, as for a handle
   5. the threading hole in a needle
   6. a loop of metal, rope, or thread hook and eye
   7. an organ sensitive to light, as in certain lower forms of life
   8. photoelectric cell
   9. a section of any of certain cuts of meat eye of round
   10. a hole, as in certain cheeses
10. Slang a private detective; private eye
11. Meteorol. the calm, low-pressure area at the center of a hurricane, around which winds of high velocity move
12. Naut. the part of the main deck of a vessel that is farthest forward

Etymology: ME ey, eie < OE ēage, akin to Ger auge < IE base *okw-, to see > Gr osse, eyes, ōps, face, eye, L oculus

transitive verb eyed, eyeing eye′·ing or eying ey′·ing

1. to look at; watch carefully; observe
2. to provide with eyes, or holes

intransitive verb