make eyes
English
Alternative forms
- make the eyes
Verb
make eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)
- (usually with "at") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85:
- She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.
- 2005, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
- Stop making the eyes at me / I'll stop making the eyes at you
Translations
to flirt by making obvious glances
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