Meanings
plural eye-rolls · alternative eyeroll · alternative eye roll
- The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.
Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space.
2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Sam Altman, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Aug 20171 more example
Bookstagrammers know about the eyerolls from people outside their community, the notion that because they’re bookstagrammers, they’re can’t be the “right kind” of reader.
2019 September 27, Shelby Pope, “Why Instagram's biggest book accounts aren't your usual influencers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020
present singular third person eye-rolls · participle present eye-rolling · participle past eye-rolled · past eye-rolled · alternative eyeroll · alternative eye roll
- To perform an eye-roll, or to express exasperation, disbelief or frustration through an eye-roll.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 翻白眼
- 翻白眼 (fānbáiyǎn)Translations
Māori kāeaea ngā kanohi
- kāeaea ngā kanohiTranslations
Portuguese revirar os olhos
- revirar os olhosTranslations
Thai มองบน, กลอกตา
- มองบน (mɔɔng-bon)Translations
- กลอกตาTranslations
- เหลือกตาTranslations
Cite this entry
eye-roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll
“eye-roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye-roll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll.
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