eye-roll

noun

The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.

Meanings

nouneye-roll (plural eye-rolls)

plural eye-rolls · alternative eyeroll · alternative eye roll

  1. 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 2017
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    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
verbeye-roll (third-person singular simple present eye-rolls, present participle eye-rolling, simple past and past participle eye-rolled)

present singular third person eye-rolls · participle present eye-rolling · participle past eye-rolled · past eye-rolled · alternative eyeroll · alternative eye roll

  1. 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
APA

eye-roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll

MLA

“eye-roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye-roll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye-roll.

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