eye-roll

• eyeroll, eye roll

eye +‎ roll

eye-roll (plural eye-rolls)

1. The circular movement of one's eyes, usually suggesting feelings of exasperation, disbelief or frustration.
   • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, quoting Sam Altman, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker‎:

     Another mobile app? You get an eye roll. A rocket company? Everyone wants to go to space.

   • 2019 September 27, Shelby Pope, “Why Instagram's biggest book accounts aren't your usual influencers”, in The Guardian‎:

     Bookstagrammers know about the eyerolls from people outside their community, the notion that because they’re bookstagrammers, they’re can’t be the “right kind” of reader.

eye-roll (third-person singular simple present eye-rolls, present participle eye-rolling, simple past and past participle eye-rolled)

1. (rare) To perform an eye-roll, or to express exasperation, disbelief or frustration through an eye-roll.