bat your eyelashes

bat your eyelashes
to open and close your eyes very quickly several times, intending to be attractive to someone
Thesaurus: to use a particular gesture to communicate somethinghyponym
Main entry: bat

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ˌbat your ˈeyes/ˈeyelashes idiom
to open and close your eyes quickly, in a way that is supposed to be attractive
Main entry:batidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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