eye-catching

See also: eyecatching

English

Adjective

eye-catching (comparative more eye-catching, superlative most eye-catching)

  1. (idiomatic) Visually attractive.
    Hypernym: catching
    • 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The substitute then scored again when the ball broke to him following another jagged run by Walcott, who saved his most eye-catching contribution for stoppage time, when he turned up on the left wing and scampered into the area before showing splendid composure to ignore a foul and dink the ball over Krul.
  2. (idiomatic) That attracts the attention; attention-grabbing.

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