Definition of side-eye
:a sidelong glance or gaze especially when expressing scorn, suspicion, disapproval, or veiled curiosity
- The guy who stole your heart as the class clown can seem like just a clown out of his original context, like when people are giving him side-eye for cracking lame jokes in the hostess line.
- —Lauren Panariello
- … the singular focus on results washes away concerns about getting the side-eye from a colleague judging you for not being in your cubicle …
- —The Chicago Tribune
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side-eye
verb, transitive + intransitive-
- She wears clothes that would have Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope side-eyeing in envy.
- —Kevin Fallon
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