"hairy eyeball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-hairy eyeball.ogg [Australia] Forms: hairy eyeballs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairy eyeball (plural hairy eyeballs)
  1. (slang) A look askance at someone; a look of disdain or skepticism. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Eye
    Sense id: en-hairy_eyeball-en-noun-WWfhD9C- Disambiguation of Eye: 71 29
  2. (slang) A fond look at someone while batting one's eyelashes. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-hairy_eyeball-en-noun-9fFL9hzf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85

Inflected forms

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