flutter your eyelashes

humorous

Definition

› If a woman flutters her eyelashes at a man, she uses the fact that she is attractive to persuade him to do something for her: Go and flutter your eyelashes at the barman, Janet, and see if you can get him to serve us.Sexual attractionAttractive

(Definition of flutter your eyelashes from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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flutter noun (EXCITEMENT)
flutter noun (MONEY)
flutter noun (MOVEMENT)
flutter verb (HEART/STOMACH)
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flux noun (CHANGE)
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