Definition of "gimlet-eyed" in English

adjective

1. Having a squint.

2. Having eyes which are in constant motion; shifty-eyed.

3. Having piercing eyes, sharp-sighted.

   • 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley 'D—n her gooseberry wig,' said the corporal, when she was out of hearing, 'that gimlet-eyed jade—mother adjutant, as we call her—is a greater plague to the regiment than provost-marshal, ...

4. Having keen vision.