black eye
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black eye
- /ˌblæk ˈaɪ/ US
noun black eyes
- 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."
- A defeat.
- 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
- 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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noun bruised eye
| Español | ojo morado, ojo a la funerala, moratón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | パンダ目 pandame |
| 中文 | 黑眼圈 hēiyǎnquān, 熊猫眼 xióngmāoyǎn |
| Português | olho roxo |
| Français | cocard, mélanobutyrophtalmie, œil au beurre noir, œil poché |
| Deutsch | blaues Auge, Veilchen |
| Ελληνικά | μαύρο μάτι mávro máti |
| Română | ochi vânăt |
| Русский | синя́к под гла́зом sinják pod glázom, подби́тый глаз podbítyj glaz, финга́л fingál, фона́рь fonárʹ, бланш blanš |
| العربية | عَيْن سَوْدَاء ʕayn sawdāʔ |
| עברית | פנס panás |
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@misc{black_eye_2026,
title = {black eye},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20eye},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
