Meanings
nouneye contact (uncountable)
- uncountableThe condition or action of looking at another human or animal in the eye.
to make eye contact with someone
2 more examples
If you make the animal angry, walk slowly backwards and avoid making eye contact.
Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 26 Oct 2012
Translations
Afrikaans oogkontak
- oogkontakaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Arabic اِتِّصَالٌ بَصَرِيّ
- اِتِّصَالٌ بَصَرِيّ (ittiṣālun baṣariyy)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Catalan contacte visual
- contacte visualaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Chinese Mandarin 目光接觸 /目光接触, 眼神接觸 /眼神接触
- 目光接觸 /目光接触 (mùguāng jiēchù)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
- 眼神接觸 /眼神接触 (yǎnshén jiēchù)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
- 眼神交流 (yǎnshén jiāoliú)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Czech oční kontakt
- oční kontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Danish øjenkontakt
- øjenkontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Dutch oogcontact
- oogcontactaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Finnish katsekontakti
- katsekontaktiaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
French contact visuel
- contact visuelaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
German Blickkontakt, Augenkontakt
- Blickkontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
- Augenkontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Hebrew קשר עין
- קשר עין (késher áyin)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Italian contatto visivo
- contatto visivoaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Japanese アイコンタクト
- アイコンタクト (ai kontakuto)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Korean 눈맞춤, 아이 콘택트
- 눈맞춤 (nunmatchum)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
- 아이 콘택트 (ai kontaekteu)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Norwegian Bokmål øyekontakt
- øyekontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Polish kontakt wzrokowy
- kontakt wzrokowyaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Portuguese contato visual
- contato visualaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Russian зри́тельный конта́кт
- зри́тельный конта́кт (zrítelʹnyj kontákt)action of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Spanish contacto visual
- contacto visualaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Swedish ögonkontakt
- ögonkontaktaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Vietnamese giao tiếp bằng mắt
- giao tiếp bằng mắtaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Welsh cyswllt llygad
- cyswllt llygadaction of looking at another human or animal in the eye
Cite this entry
APA
eye contact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20contact
MLA
“eye contact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20contact. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye contact,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20contact.
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