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eyerapes

eyerapes is the plural of eyerape.

eyerapes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eyerape.

Meaning of eyerape

Noun

eyerape (countable and uncountable, plural eyerapes)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An intense and unremitting stare.
    • He wasn't just handsy, according to the stories. He also used his eyes to grope ('I believe it's called an eye-rape,' one older colleague of mine had noted to me, drily) […]2021 April 1, Jacqueline Maley, The Truth About Her: A beautiful moving debut literary fiction novel about motherhood for readers of Meg Mason, Emily Maguire and Miranda Cowley Heller, HarperCollins...
  2. (derogatory, slang) Something that is extraordinarily painful to the eyes, such as a psychedelic or rapidly flashing image.

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Questions about eyerapes

What is eyerapes the plural of?
Eyerapes is the plural of eyerape.

Words near eyerapes in the dictionary

  1. eyepoppingly
  2. eyepro
  3. eyer
  4. eyerape
  5. eyeraped
  6. eyerapes
  7. eyeraping
  8. eyereach
  9. eyering
  10. eyerings
  11. Eyerman

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