beady-eyed
looking with critical eyes
TRANSLATION
beady-eyed = knopfäugig, scharfäugig, ein wachsames Auge auf jmd./etwas haben --- GOOGLE INDEX beady-eyed: approximately 300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Police have seized drugs and cash from a house in Thamesmead after being tipped-off by BEADY-EYED neighbours.
(This Is Local London)
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With Sam Spade, Hammet made a character readers could identify with: the BEADY-EYED loner who coolly puts himself in harm’s way out of a fierce determination to redress wrong and achieve justice.
(The Guardian)
(This Is Local London)
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With Sam Spade, Hammet made a character readers could identify with: the BEADY-EYED loner who coolly puts himself in harm’s way out of a fierce determination to redress wrong and achieve justice.
(The Guardian)
Did you
know?
beady-eyed
adjective
- having small, round, gleaming eyes
- keenly observant, typically in a sinister or hostile way
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The adjective beady stems from the noun bead, a small, usually round piece of material, such as glass or plastic. By itself beady means small and shiny and is almost always used to describe eyes.
Some animals such as snakes and large rodents like the opossum have naturally beady eyes that gleam and give the impression that the animal is casting a suspicious or evil glance.
When describing humans, beady-eyed doesn't necessarily refer to small and shiny eyes, rather it relates more to a general look of keen interest or suspicion that is often accompanied by squinting, which is looking with the eyes partially closed.
A classic example of the beady-eyed stare is the look that gunslingers have in old western movies when they enter a saloon or stand in the street at high noon ready to draw their 6 shooter.
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SYNONYMS
surveille, watch, observe, view, look on, keep (a) watch, watch for, stand over, spy on, be on the lookout for.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Let me introduce you to our quality assurance manager, we call him Beady-Eyed Bill."
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Thanks to Ulrike for suggesting today's word!
adjective
- having small, round, gleaming eyes
- keenly observant, typically in a sinister or hostile way
(Oxford Dictionary)
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The adjective beady stems from the noun bead, a small, usually round piece of material, such as glass or plastic. By itself beady means small and shiny and is almost always used to describe eyes.
Some animals such as snakes and large rodents like the opossum have naturally beady eyes that gleam and give the impression that the animal is casting a suspicious or evil glance.
When describing humans, beady-eyed doesn't necessarily refer to small and shiny eyes, rather it relates more to a general look of keen interest or suspicion that is often accompanied by squinting, which is looking with the eyes partially closed.
A classic example of the beady-eyed stare is the look that gunslingers have in old western movies when they enter a saloon or stand in the street at high noon ready to draw their 6 shooter.
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SYNONYMS
surveille, watch, observe, view, look on, keep (a) watch, watch for, stand over, spy on, be on the lookout for.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Let me introduce you to our quality assurance manager, we call him Beady-Eyed Bill."
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Thanks to Ulrike for suggesting today's word!
