Dictionary

make eyes en · VERB

Meanings

1. (usually, with "at") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
   • Ooh, bet you're thinking, "She's so cool" Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room Wait, I think I've been there too 2024, Gracie Abrams, Audrey Hobert, “That's So True”, in The Secret of Us, performed by Gracie Abrams:
   • She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet. 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85:
   • Can't you tell by the way I run / Every time you make eyes at me 1964, Michael Nesmith, “Different Drum”:
   • Stop making the eyes at me / I'll stop making the eyes at you 2005, Alex Turner, “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

Forms

Relateds

cow eyes · make mouths at · make faces

Translations (15)

ru стро́ить гла́зки (to flirt by making obvious glances) · cmn 拋媚眼 /抛媚眼 (to flirt by making obvious glances) · de Augen machen (to flirt by making obvious glances) · pl pożerać wzrokiem (to flirt by making obvious glances) · fi pitää silmäpeliä (to flirt by making obvious glances) · es hacer ojitos (to flirt by making obvious glances) · ru состро́ить гла́зки (to flirt by making obvious glances) · pl wgapić (to flirt by making obvious glances) · pl wgapiać (to flirt by making obvious glances) · de schöne Augen machen (to flirt by making obvious glances) · fr faire les yeux doux (to flirt by making obvious glances) · ro face ochi dulci (to flirt by making obvious glances) · io oglar (to flirt by making obvious glances) · pl pożreć wzrokiem (to flirt by making obvious glances) · es poner ojitos (to flirt by making obvious glances)