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making eyes

making eyes is the present participle and gerund of make eyes.

Meaning of make eyes

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

Questions about making eyes

What is making eyes the present participle and gerund of?
Making eyes is the present participle and gerund of make eyes.

Words near making eyes in the dictionary

  1. making conversation
  2. making do
  3. making do and mending
  4. making down
  5. making ends meet
  6. making eyes
  7. making faces
  8. making fair weather
  9. making fetch happen
  10. making fish of one and flesh of another
  11. making fish of one and fowl of another

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