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batted one's eyes

batted one's eyes is the simple past and past participle 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 batted one's eyes

What is batted one's eyes the simple past and past participle of?
Batted one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of bat one's eyes.

Words near batted one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. batted for both sides
  2. batted for the other side
  3. batted for the other team
  4. batted in
  5. batted one's eyelashes
  6. batted one's eyes
  7. batted out
  8. batted round
  9. batted the breeze
  10. battel
  11. batteled

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