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

She says she has difficulty with eye contact and social situations and gets anxious around loud noises, wearing earbuds to drown out the noise.

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They said they became more suspicious when Mr Lennon would not make eye contact with them and said he was driving all the way to Benidorm.

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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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