Meaning of eye lock | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Glancing over the crowd as if looking for someone there, his piercing gaze caught my eye. With that one casual eye lock⟳, I would have⟳ expected violins to begin⟳ to play⟳ and all motion to be suspended while I tried to catch⟳ my breath.”

“You walk⟳ by the guy, smile⟳, give⟳ him a good “one Mississippi, two Mississippi” eye lock⟳, and keep⟳ walking.”

“There are also people who maintain⟳ rigid eye lock⟳ not from an attitude of openness and interest⟳ or from any attempt⟳ to appear⟳ open⟳ and interested but as an aggressive and narcissistic show⟳ of dominance.”

“I gave Gillian and Jack a few special gazes into each other's eyes and some internal dialogue to go with the eye locks, but my thoughts kept going back to the conversation I'd had with Inspector Jamieson regarding Vicki.”

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