Meaning

4 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To show flirtatious signs or sexual interest/attraction with one's eyes.

    I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the bar.

    стро́ить гла́зкиstróitʹ glázki

  2. (idiomatic)To give someone the stink eye.

    I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the office.

  3. (idiomatic)To give someone the evil eye.

    I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the town square.

  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, someone, the, eye; for example, to hand someone the eye of a hook and eye.

Examples

49 sentences

  1. Tom was the one who gave Mary that black eye.

    Це Тома поставив Мері синець під оком. — deniko

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  2. Who gave Tom that black eye?

    ruКто поставил Тому "фонарь" под глазом? — shanghainese

    deWer hat Tom denn das blaue Auge verpasst? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom gave Mary a black eye.

    ruТом поставил Мэри фингал. — sharptoothed

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  4. Who gave you that black eye?

    ruКто тебе поставил этот синяк? — marafon

    deWer hat dir das blaue Auge verpasst? — Luiaard

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  5. Tom gave Mary that black eye.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
show flirtatious signs:

Forms

gives someone the eye, giving someone the eye, gave someone the eye, given someone the eye
Base formgive someone the eye · to give someone the eye
3rd person singulargives someone the eye
Present participlegiving someone the eye
Past simplegave someone the eye
Past participlegiven someone the eye

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygive someone the eye
he, she, itgives someone the eye

Past simpleLesson

all personsgave someone the eye

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave given someone the eye
he, she, ithas given someone the eye

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill give someone the eye

Synonyms

2 synonyms
eye upgive someone the glad eye

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
giveA1giveawayB2givenA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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