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make eyes

make eyes verb: to flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.

Verb

make eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)

  1. (usually) To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
    • She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85
    • Can't you tell by the way I run / Every time you make eyes at me1964, Michael Nesmith, “Different Drum”

Forms of make eyes

third-person singular presentmakes eyes
present participlemaking eyes
past participlemade eyes
pastmade eyes
alternative formmake the eyes

Questions about make eyes

What does make eyes mean?
Make eyes means to flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
What part of speech is make eyes?
Make eyes is a verb.
What is the past tense of make eyes?
The past tense of make eyes is made eyes.

Words near make eyes in the dictionary

  1. make do and mend
  2. make down
  3. make due
  4. make ends meet
  5. make every effort
  6. make eyes
  7. make faces
  8. make fair weather
  9. make fast
  10. make fetch happen
  11. make file

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