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rolls one's eyes

rolls one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rolls one's eyes

What is rolls one's eyes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rolls one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roll one's eyes.

Words near rolls one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. rolls of snow
  2. rolls of the dice
  3. rolls off
  4. rolls off the tongue
  5. rolls on
  6. rolls one's eyes
  7. rolls one's own
  8. rolls one's r's
  9. rolls out
  10. rolls out the red carpet
  11. rolls over

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