Meaning of hairy eyeball | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A look askance at someone; a look of disdain or skepticism.
   slang
2. A fond look at someone while batting one's eyelashes.
   slang

Examples

“He was giving me the hairy eyeball.”

“He was telling me about a girl looking at him and he said, "She gave me the hairy eyeball." That meant she liked him.”

“(Second variation as first used and described on television, in the TV show⟳ Hazel 4/6/1962).”

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