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rolling one's eyes

rolling one's eyes is the present participle and gerund of roll one's eyes.

Meaning of roll one's eyes

Verb

roll one's eyes (third-person singular simple present rolls one's eyes, present participle rolling one's eyes, simple past and past participle rolled one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.
    • […]when these three men looked at the porter, they saw that he was intoxicated; and, observing him narrowly, they thought that he was one of their own class, and said, He is a mendicant like ourselves, and will amuse us by his conversation:—but the porter, hearing what they said, arose, and rolled...1859, Edward William Lane, Edward Stanley Poole, The Thousand and One Nights
  2. (archaic, idiomatic) As definition 1, but indicating flirtation or desire.

Questions about rolling one's eyes

What is rolling one's eyes the present participle and gerund of?
Rolling one's eyes is the present participle and gerund of roll one's eyes.

Words near rolling one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. rolling mills
  2. rolling news
  3. rolling off
  4. rolling off the tongue
  5. rolling on
  6. rolling one's eyes
  7. rolling one's own
  8. rolling one's r's
  9. rolling out
  10. rolling out the red carpet
  11. rolling over

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