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• catch the speaker's eye — be noticed by making eye contact with the speaker …   English contemporary dictionary

• catch someone's eye — catch (someone s) eye 1. to be noticed by someone because you are looking at them. She lit a cigarette while he tried to catch the waiter s eye. 2. to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by people. There were lots of dresses to choose …   New idioms dictionary

• catch eye — catch (someone s) eye 1. to be noticed by someone because you are looking at them. She lit a cigarette while he tried to catch the waiter s eye. 2. to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by people. There were lots of dresses to choose …   New idioms dictionary

• catch your eye — see ↑catch, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑eye …   Useful english dictionary

• catch somebody's eye — catch sb s ˈeye idiom to attract sb s attention • Can you catch the waiter s eye? Main entry: ↑catchidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• eye — eyeable, adj. eyelike, adj. eyer, n. /uy/, n., pl. eyes, (Archaic) eyen or eyne; v., eyed, eying or eyeing. n. 1. the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans… …   Universalium

• catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• catch someone's eye — 1) if something catches your eye, you suddenly notice it There was one painting that caught my eye. 2) to get someone s attention by looking at them He tried to catch the attendant s eye but the man was already turning away …   English dictionary

• eye-catcher — noun a striking person or thing that attracts attention • Hypernyms: ↑center, ↑centre, ↑center of attention, ↑centre of attention * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : something that strongly attracts the eye ads that were real eye catchers * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• Catch light — or catchlight is a photography term used to describe either the specular highlight in a subject s eye from a light source, or the light source itself. They are also referred to as eye lights or Obies, the latter a reference to Merle Oberon, who… …   Wikipedia