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eye roll

Sometimes eye-roll,

[ahy rohl]

noun

  1. a gesture of turning one’s eyes upward or moving them in a circle, especially as an expression of disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain.

    Thirteen seems to be the age at which a person perfects the eye roll.

    The team's players and their fans say they aren’t being respected, a statement that draws both nods of confirmation and eye rolls.



interjection

  1. (used to express disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain, especially online).

    It's so hard being ultra wealthy (eye roll).

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eye roll1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences

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Embrace the tone while allowing the occasional eye roll at Brad Pitt’s near-mythic modern-day Steve McQueen.

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“It sounds like the song embodiment of a loving eye roll and it feels like a never ending road trip in the summer,” Carpenter said of “Manchild” on Instagram.

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“If anyone else in the world had said that to me, in that moment, I might have hit ’em with an eye roll and went on with my business.

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But I’m sure in time my latest markings in the book, like photos of an old hairstyle, will also elicit an eye roll.

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As much of an eye roll as that character was, she unlocked something in him that changed his outlook or has put him on a path to see things differently.

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