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bats one's eyes

bats one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about bats one's eyes

What is bats one's eyes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bats one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bat one's eyes.

Words near bats one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. bats for the other side
  2. bats in
  3. bats of an eye
  4. bats one thousand
  5. bats one's eyelashes
  6. bats one's eyes
  7. bats out
  8. bats round
  9. bats the breeze
  10. Batsford
  11. batshit

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