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eye-roll en · NOUN

Etymology

From eye + roll.

Meanings

  1. The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.
    • Bookstagrammers know about the eyerolls from people outside their community, the notion that because they’re bookstagrammers, they’re can’t be the “right kind” of reader. 2019 September 27, Shelby Pope, “Why Instagram's biggest book accounts aren't your usual influencers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020:
    • Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space. 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Sam Altman, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2017:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eyeroll alternative lexicographic
eye roll alternative lexicographic
eye-rolls Number=Plur lexicographic

eye-roll en · VERB

Etymology

From eye + roll.

Meanings

  1. To perform an eye-roll, or to express exasperation, disbelief or frustration through an eye-roll.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eye roll alternative lexicographic
eye-rolled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eye-rolled Tense=Past lexicographic
eyeroll alternative lexicographic
eye-rolling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eye-rolls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

mi kāeaea ngā kanohi (Translations) · th กลอกตา (Translations) · th มองบน (Translations) · pt revirar os olhos (Translations) · th เหลือกตา (Translations)