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Noun

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side eye (plural side eyes)

  1. Alternative form of side-eye
    • 2009 November 17, Michael Slezak, “Kris Allen: A Track-by-track Analysis of His Self-titled Debut Album”, in Entertainment Weekly[1], New York, N.Y.: Entertainment Weekly, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 August 2019:
      I'm going to admit that the opening strains sound a wee bit "demo from a home studio," and that the title itself – paired with any other artist – would probably result in a side eye and a quip about done-to-death, cheese-pop metaphors.
    • 2016, Jules Bennett, chapter 1, in His Secret Baby Bombshell (Dynasties: The Newports Series; book 4), Sydney, N.S.W.: Mills & Boon Desire, →ISBN:
      It was his side eye. He had the sexiest side eye she'd ever seen. He'd tip his head in that George Clooney kind of way and peer at you from beneath those thick lashes.

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side eye (third-person singular simple present side eyes, present participle side eyeing or side eying, simple past and past participle side eyed)

  1. Alternative form of side-eye
    • 2003, Faye Kicknosway, “Hat Trick”, in Mixed Plate: New and Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry), Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, page xiv:
      When I'm working my attention isn't caught straight ahead into the blinkered page, it's side eyeing whatever's peripheral, whatever's random.