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bat one's eyelashes

bat one's eyelashes is the alternative form of bat one's eyes.

Meaning of bat one's eyes

Verb

bat one's eyes (third-person singular simple present bats one's eyes, present participle batting one's eyes, simple past and past participle batted one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.
    Synonyms:
    make eyes

Forms of bat one's eyelashes

third-person singular presentbats one's eyelashes
present participlebatting one's eyelashes
past participlebatted one's eyelashes
pastbatted one's eyelashes

Questions about bat one's eyelashes

What is bat one's eyelashes the alternative form of?
Bat one's eyelashes is the alternative form of bat one's eyes.

Words near bat one's eyelashes in the dictionary

  1. bat mitzvahs
  2. bat nut
  3. bat nuts
  4. bat of an eye
  5. bat one thousand
  6. bat one's eyelashes
  7. bat one's eyes
  8. bat out
  9. bat phone
  10. bat phones
  11. bat ray

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