eyeblack

or eye-black

[ ahy-blak ]

noun

1. black pigment smudged on the face under the eyes, especially by athletes to reduce sun glare.
2. mascara.

eyeblack

/ ˈaɪˌblæk /

noun

1. another name for mascara

Example Sentences

They probably put on eyeblack before going to bed at night.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s wearing shoulder pads and game-ready eyeblack beneath his pupils, and if he speaks with too much animation, construction nails fall from his braids and onto the table in front of him, although the clacking sound fails to draw even a flinch from him.

From Los Angeles Times

Pull up your socks, roll up your pants and don’t forget the eyeblack: The greatest day of the year has arrived.

From Seattle Times

“You come with your minor league swagger. You do your eyeblack . . . your sunglasses, your hat a little crooked. A lot of people look at it wrong and I don’t look look at it wrong because it’s part of the game. So, a lot of veterans gave it to me, when I came up in 2018, a lot of them gave it to me.”

From Los Angeles Times

He admits this basic Christian message “is a candidate for getting lost” in a religious world of megachurch services replete with worship bands and smoke machines, even if sports fans hoist signs bearing the inscription and players inscribe it in the eyeblack they wear on the field.

From Washington Times