hairy eyeball

English - English

Definition of hairy eyeball in English English dictionary

A look askance at someone; a look of disdain or skepticism

He was giving me the hairy eyeball.

Hyphenation

hai·ry eye·ball

Turkish pronunciation

heri aybôl

Pronunciation

/ˈherē ˈīˌbôl/ /ˈhɛriː ˈaɪˌbɔːl/

Etymology

() From the tendency to have the head turned down while giving this look, so that one is in effect looking through the hair of one's eyelashes.