eye-roll
verbEtymology From eye + roll.
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To perform an eye-roll, or to express exasperation, disbelief or frustration through an eye-roll.
eye-roll
nounEtymology From eye + roll.
1
The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.
- Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space.2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Sam Altman, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2017:
- Bookstagrammers know about the eyerolls from people outside their community, the notion that because they’re bookstagrammers, they’re can’t be the “right kind” of reader.2019 September 27, Shelby Pope, “Why Instagram's biggest book accounts aren't your usual influencers”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2020: