eye roll

Sometimes eye-roll,

[ahy rohl]

noun

1. a gesture of turning one’s eyes upward or moving them in a circle, especially as an expression of disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain.

   Thirteen seems to be the age at which a person perfects the eye roll.

   The team's players and their fans say they aren’t being respected, a statement that draws both nods of confirmation and eye rolls.

interjection

1. (used to express disbelief, annoyance, impatience, or disdain, especially online).

   It's so hard being ultra wealthy (eye roll).

Word History and Origins

Origin of eye roll¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

I can almost hear the eye roll when I contact Kirsten Jackson, a dietitian who specialises in gut health.

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Listeners eye roll about artists’ chart-driven agendas or fret about the environmental impact of all those CDs, while rival fandoms accuse each other’s favorite star of gaming the system.

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AI continues to evolve onscreen — for every Entity threatening the end of civilization in “Dead Reckoning,” there’s a M3GAN 2.0 ready to come to our aid with an eye roll.

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"John would eye roll but not say anything," she said.

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Embrace the tone while allowing the occasional eye roll at Brad Pitt’s near-mythic modern-day Steve McQueen.

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