make eyes

verb

To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.

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Meanings

verbmake eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)

present singular third person makes eyes · participle present making eyes · participle past made eyes · past made eyes · alternative make the eyes

  1. usuallyTo flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.

    Stop making the eyes at me / I'll stop making the eyes at you

    2005, Alex Turner, “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys
    3 more examples

    She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.

    1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85

    Can't you tell by the way I run / Every time you make eyes at me

    1964, Michael Nesmith, “Different Drum”

    Ooh, bet you're thinking, "She's so cool" Kicking back on your couch, making eyes from across the room Wait, I think I've been there too

    2024, Gracie Abrams, Audrey Hobert, “That's So True”, in The Secret of Us, performed by Gracie Abrams

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bat one's eyes

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 拋媚眼 /抛媚眼
  • 拋媚眼 /抛媚眼 (pāomèiyǎn)to flirt by making obvious glances
Finnish pitää silmäpeliä
  • pitää silmäpeliäto flirt by making obvious glances
French faire les yeux doux
  • faire les yeux douxto flirt by making obvious glances
German schöne Augen machen, Augen machen
  • schöne Augen machento flirt by making obvious glances
  • Augen machento flirt by making obvious glances
Polish wgapiać, wgapić
  • wgapiaćto flirt by making obvious glances
  • wgapićto flirt by making obvious glances
  • pożerać wzrokiemto flirt by making obvious glances
  • pożreć wzrokiemto flirt by making obvious glances
Romanian face ochi dulci
  • face ochi dulcito flirt by making obvious glances
Russian стро́ить гла́зки, состро́ить гла́зки
  • стро́ить гла́зки (stróitʹ glázki)to flirt by making obvious glances
  • состро́ить гла́зки (sostróitʹ glázki)to flirt by making obvious glances
Spanish poner ojitos, hacer ojitos
  • poner ojitosto flirt by making obvious glances
  • hacer ojitosto flirt by making obvious glances
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APA

make eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20eyes

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“make eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20eyes. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make eyes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20eyes.

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