Word with catching or popping (3)

I believe the answer is:

eye

(Other definitions for eye that I've seen before include "study" , "Observer" , "Keep watch on" , "Optic organ" , "Ireland's . . ., off the Dublin coast" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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