bat one's eyes

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bat one's eyes

verb bats one's eyes · batting one's eyes · batted one's eyes · bat one's eyelashes

  1. idiomatic To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.

    Similar: make eyes

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verb to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically

Españolhacer ojitos, pestañear, hacer la pelotilla
Françaisfaire les yeux doux

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@misc{bat_one_s_eyes_2026,
  title = {bat one's eyes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bat%20one's%20eyes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}