单词 | side-eye |
释义 | > as lemmasside-eye side-eye n. now chiefly U.S. a look or glance from the corner of the eye, a sidelong look, (in later use) esp. as an expression of disapproval or contempt; (as a mass noun) looks or glances of this nature. ΚΠ 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 279 If I am walking onwards, intent on my book, and do not lift up my eyes, they seldom venture to say any thing. On the contrary, I have seen them, with a side eye, assume a quiet and respectful air. 1909 R. A. Watson Happy Hawkins ii. 14 ‘Why, certainly, make yourself at home,’ sez the fair-hair. The balance o' the bunch only give me the side eye. 1918 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. [Proteus] in Little Rev. May 42 A side-eye at my Hamlet hat. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. ii. 189 Looking at me with the same wary insolent side-eye. 1979 Bamboo Ridge No. 5 35 I gave Val a side-eye and whispered to her, ‘What she said?’ 2008 CTV Television, Inc. (transcript) (Nexis) 17 Dec. O'Regan: Now, I'm a child of the Seventies. Colin McAllister: Clearly. I can see that by the hairdo, love. [laughter, overtalk] He just gave me side eye! 2014 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Sept. t19 There are basic rules of gym etiquette to keep people from throwing you the side-eye. < as lemmas |
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