make eyes

• make the eyes

make eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)

1. (usually with "at") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85:

     She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.

   • 2005, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

     Stop making the eyes at me / I'll stop making the eyes at you

• cow eyes
• make mouths at
• make faces