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goo-goo eyes

goo-goo eyes noun: a romantic look at something or someone.

Noun

goo-goo eyes pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) A romantic look at something or someone.
    • N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106,
      Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size;
      Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she...
    • So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?2005, John Connolly, “The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella”, in Nocturnes, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 319

Questions about goo-goo eyes

What does goo-goo eyes mean?
Goo-goo eyes means a romantic look at something or someone.
What part of speech is goo-goo eyes?
Goo-goo eyes is a noun.

Words near goo-goo eyes in the dictionary

  1. goo goo ga ga
  2. goo'
  3. goo-gob
  4. goo-gobs
  5. goo-goo
  6. goo-goo eyes
  7. goo-gooism
  8. goo-goos
  9. Gooandra
  10. Goobarragandra
  11. goober

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