goo-goo eyes en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal, plural, plural-only) A romantic look at something or someone.
N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106, Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size; Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she stole, Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes.
So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?
2005, John Connolly, “The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella”, in Nocturnes, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 319:I made the opposite of goo-goo eyes at him. Or at least, I tried. "I don't believe I need to make goo-goo eyes to hook up."
2006, Kelly McClymer, Getting to Third Date, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 97:
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Translations (3)
es hacer ojitos (a romantic look at something or someone) · it fare gli occhi dolci (a romantic look at something or someone) · fi romanttinen katse (a romantic look at something or someone)