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eye roll

eye roll is the alternative form of eye-roll.

Meaning of eye-roll

Noun

eye-roll (plural eye-rolls)

  1. The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.
    • Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Sam Altman, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2017

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Forms of eye roll

Noun
pluraleye rolls
Verb
third-person singular presenteye rolls
present participleeye rolling
past participleeye rolled
pasteye rolled

Questions about eye roll

What is eye roll the alternative form of?
Eye roll is the alternative form of eye-roll.

Words near eye roll in the dictionary

  1. eye plates
  2. eye power
  3. Eye Q
  4. eye rhyme
  5. eye rhymes
  6. eye roll
  7. eye rolls
  8. eye screw
  9. eye screws
  10. eye service
  11. eye sex

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