eye sex

noun

A lustful or sexually-charged glance exchanged between two people.

Meanings

nouneye sex (uncountable)

alternative eye-sex

  1. idiomaticslanguncountableA lustful or sexually-charged glance exchanged between two people.

    We played it again and I watched as the bride danced with her new husband but had eye sex with Tommy from across the room.

    2010, Bill Cinque, The Amazing Adventures of a Marginally Successful Musician, iUniverse, published 2010, →ISBN, page 97
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    Eye sex. She'd heard the phrase but never experienced it before. The look he gave her was smoldering, showing her that he found her attractive.

    1998, Cathie Linz, Too Sexy for Marriage, Harlequin, published 1998, →ISBN

    Our eyes met. Plain and simple we were having eye sex. If his eyes were a pool I could've drowned in them, sunk to the bottom never to come up for air.

    2008, Rachel Gunn, Over on the East Side, Chipmunkpublishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 87
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