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eye sex

eye sex noun: a lustful or sexually-charged glance exchanged between two people.

Noun

eye sex (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) A lustful or sexually-charged glance exchanged between two people.
    • Eye sex. She'd heard the phrase but never experienced it before. The look he gave her was smoldering, showing her that he found her attractive.1998, Cathie Linz, Too Sexy for Marriage, Harlequin, published 1998, →ISBN
    • Our eyes met. Plain and simple we were having eye sex. If his eyes were a pool I could've drowned in them, sunk to the bottom never to come up for air.2008, Rachel Gunn, Over on the East Side, Chipmunkpublishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 87

Forms of eye sex

alternative formeye-sex

Questions about eye sex

What does eye sex mean?
Eye sex means a lustful or sexually-charged glance exchanged between two people.
What part of speech is eye sex?
Eye sex is a noun.

Words near eye sex in the dictionary

  1. eye roll
  2. eye rolls
  3. eye screw
  4. eye screws
  5. eye service
  6. eye sex
  7. eye shadow
  8. eye shadows
  9. eye sight
  10. eye socket
  11. eye sockets

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