hairy eyeball

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hairy eyeball

noun hairy eyeballs

  1. slang A look askance at someone; a look of disdain or skepticism. He was giving me the hairy eyeball.

    Similar: dirty look, stink eye, see more there

  2. slang A fond look at someone while batting one's eyelashes. He was telling me about a girl looking at him and he said, "She gave me the hairy eyeball." That meant she liked him.

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@misc{hairy_eyeball_2026,
  title = {hairy eyeball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hairy%20eyeball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}