Side-eye

//ˈsaɪdˌaɪ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sidelong look, particularly of animosity, judgment, or suspicion. countable, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: evil eye, stink eye; see others there"

Verb
  1. 1
    To look at out of the corner of one's eye, particularly with animosity, or in a judgmental or suspicious manner. transitive

    "When I'm working my attention isn't caught straight ahead into the blinkered page, it's side eyeing whatever's peripheral, whatever's random."

Synonyms

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;dirty lookevil eyesee others therestink eye

Example

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"Sami was giving Layla the side-eye."

Etymology

From side + eye.

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