Meaning of eyesies | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Eyes.
   childish, plural, plural-only
2. The act of flirtation using the eyes.
   plural, plural-only

Examples

““Go to sleep⟳, my darling, / Go to sleep⟳, my pet, / Close⟳ your little eyesies, / All your cares forget⟳.””

““Hide⟳ your little eyesies.” He felt the pressure of her hand and she led him into the room. The clammy touch⟳ was gone. “Now you can look⟳ around.””

“We saw⟳ them with our own⟳ little eyesies yesterday but didn’t ever expect⟳ we’d see⟳ the day when a major college stadium offered such rare ducats for public purchase⟳.”

“His eyesies are going to be hazel”

“And he looked up at me with those eyesies of his.”

““Oh Olympio, my little teddy bear⟳, darling, honey baby, sweetie pie, let⟳ me kiss your eyesies, lovey dovey bunny buns, let⟳ me make⟳ you happy PLEEEASE!””

“Who’s my little mouse? Whose little nosy is this? Who has the biggest eyesies in Agramstadt?”

“But when he looked her way she was taking a break⟳ and the guy she was playing eyesies with was the bull[-]necked bouncer.”

“Don’t play⟳ eyesies with him, causing him to upset⟳ the coffee. Be demure and turn⟳ away your eyes, it says here.”

“At length, I settled down at the end⟳ of a check-in counter, ordered a vodka-soda, and began playing eyesies with a barmaid on the other side of the counter. […] Having convinced myself she was really a hooker willing to play⟳ eyesies with any guy with enough scratch⟳, I pray she grabbed some Texas entrepreneur or NFL executive for five big ones.”

“Have⟳ you ever found yourself playing “eyesies” with a girl on a bus or at a singles bar and thought, No, it can’t be. My fly⟳ must be open⟳. She’s looking at someone in back of me. I remind⟳ her of her Uncle Harry. Wrong.”

“They didn’t miss⟳ a trick⟳ and even played games with the jurors. They would smile⟳ at them, nod to them and play⟳ eyesies with them, saying, “Hi, how are you doing today?””

“See⟳, I’m so stupid — playing eyesies with one human while another tries to kill⟳ me.”

“[…] we both in decent deference had to withdraw⟳ our darting glances and the game of eyesies ended, […]”

“But Zoltan, playing eyesies with the lovely Heather, was unaware that Mack’s talk⟳ of investments and speculations might in any way apply⟳ to him.”

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