"eyebrow flash" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eyebrow flashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eyebrow flash (plural eyebrow flashes)
  1. A brief raising of the eyebrows as an unconscious social signal when approaching another person to interact with them. Wikipedia link: eyebrow flash
    Sense id: en-eyebrow_flash-en-noun-tLuJH4Ye Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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