eye contact

noun

1. the act of looking directly into another's eyes.

   We never made eye contact at any time during the interview.

2. Psychology.,  a meeting of the eyes of two persons, regarded as a meaningful nonverbal form of communication.

eye contact

noun

1. a direct look between two people; meeting of eyes

   he maintained eye contact with his interrogator

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye contact¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

He said Mr Lennon did not make eye contact.

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We make eye contact, and he reaches for the door handle.

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“Pause for a second to make eye contact. Don’t rush the moment,” reads the “Thank with eye contact” section of Starbucks’s new training material, a copy of which The Wall Street Journal viewed.

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She says she was scared of making eye contact with officers in case she attracted their attention.

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He read with glasses from a piece of paper in front of him, trying to maintain eye contact with the judge as he told him: "I have nobody to blame but myself."

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