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When you are super hungry and EVERYTHING looks good. When you order tons of stuff to eat, only to find out afterwards that you weren't as hungry as you thought you were. e.g. "your eyes are bigger than your stomach".
Man, I was starving. I went to the store and bought a cart load of food. I had a big eye.

At Thanksgiving I tried everything on the table. I had mashed potatoes with gravy, yams with marshmallows, raisin walnut stuffing, turkey, green bean casserole, ham with pineapple and marachino cherries, buttered biscuits and cranberry sauce. My plate was over flowing. After having a few bites of everything, I was stuffed. I hardly touched anything on my plate. I had a big eye.
big eye by jolenesdaddy January 26, 2011
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Used mainly in the south to mean you cannot sleep or you "have the big eye"
I was so tired but then woke up at 3a.m. with the big eye and couldn't get back to sleep.
Big eye by Kdtchr December 22, 2016
having big eye refers to being "in the weeds" or overwhelmed to an extreme level.
you're a waiter and you have too many tables-your eyes are so big you look like you've just been shocked. big eye!
big eye by kknyc July 20, 2012
Term used when taking ecstasy etc, when your pupils are so big there isn't much colour to be seen.
"Woah man, i got big eye!"
"They're going to know your on something - you got big eye"
big eye by LiquidZone September 16, 2006
A street drug that makes people act like their aint a problem in the world.
ex 1: When I seen little Johnny was shot but didn't call the ambulance, I knew he was on big EYE.
ex 2: "Everybody got their own problems. When I lost my son Big EYE helped me get through the pain and still does... Don't worry about me."
Big EYE by artifacthunter13 December 8, 2014

big eye ball 

A creature that has big eyes and long lips... mainly found in forests...
Me: Oh shit waddup big eye ball!
Friend: IS THAT BIG EYE BALL?
big eye ball: Yeah its me!
big eye ball by Extonix October 20, 2017

the big eye 

an affliction that occurs when one becomes so drunk that one eye closes half way while the other remains open. This usually occurs near the end of the night, just before passing out.
A: ZOMG, Joe is puking everywhere!
B: Yeah, I knew he was shwasted. He had the big eye at nine o'clock
Joe: Bllaaah Blaahhhh, Oh man I can't stop puking everywhere
the big eye by TWINFM December 28, 2007
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Take the big pirogue, I saw a huge swamp dog out there earlier.
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