"four-eyes" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-four-eyes.ogg [Australia] Forms: four-eyes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|four-eyes|head=four-eyes}} four-eyes (plural four-eyes)
  1. (idiomatic, derogatory) A person who wears spectacles. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic Categories (topical): Eyewear, People Synonyms: four eyes Derived forms: specky four-eyes Related terms: four-eyed, specky Translations ((derogatory) person who wears spectacles): betaurrekodun (Basque), brejloun [masculine] (Czech), brillemans [masculine] (Dutch), brillenjood [masculine] (Dutch), brildrager [masculine] (Dutch), brildraagster [feminine] (Dutch), binoclard [masculine] (French), binoclarde [feminine] (French), bésiclard [masculine] (French), bésiclarde [feminine] (French), catro ollos [feminine, masculine] (Galician), სათვალიანი (satvaliani) (Georgian), Brillenschlange [feminine] (German), Vierauge [feminine, masculine] (German), γυαλάκιας (gyalákias) [masculine] (Greek), אַבּוּ אַרְבַּע (ábu arbá) [feminine, masculine] (Hebrew), चश्मिश (caśmiś) [feminine, masculine] (Hindi), quattrocchi [feminine, masculine] (Italian), occhialuto [masculine] (Italian), occhialuta [feminine] (Italian), төрт көз (tört köz) (Kazakh), 안경쟁이 (an'gyeongjaeng'i) (Korean), brilleslange [masculine] (Norwegian), okularnik [masculine] (Polish), okularnica [feminine] (Polish), sowa (Polish), quatro olhos [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ochelarist [masculine] (Romanian), ochelaristă [feminine] (Romanian), очка́рик (očkárik) [masculine] (Russian), четырёхглазик (četyrjóxglazik) [masculine] (Russian), gafotas [masculine] (Spanish), cuatro ojos [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), gafudo [masculine] (Spanish), gafuda [feminine] (Spanish), glasögonorm [common-gender] (Swedish), glasögonbärare [common-gender] (Swedish), dört göz (Turkish), toʻrtkoʻz (Uzbek), koʻzoynak (Uzbek), bốn mắt (Vietnamese)
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ochelaristă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "očkárik",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "очка́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "četyrjóxglazik",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "четырёхглазик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gafotas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuatro ojos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gafudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gafuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "glasögonorm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "glasögonbärare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "word": "dört göz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "word": "toʻrtkoʻz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "word": "koʻzoynak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(derogatory) person who wears spectacles",
      "word": "bốn mắt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "four-eyes"
}

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