Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Makeup used to outline the eyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a cosmetic powder of a dark tint, applied to the eyelid close to the base of the eyelashes to accentuate the eyes. Compare
eye shadow .
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- noun
Makeup used tooutline theeye , generally applied along or close to thelashline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Children in eyeliner dancing around to the musical equivalent of a Steps B-side do not provocative and mature entertainment make.
Were the World Mine Hal Duncan 2009
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When the founding fathers wrote the first amendment to the Constitution, I hope one of them was like, What if some douche in eyeliner wants to say the ‘F’ word at an awards show only college kids are watching someday?
Liveblogging The mtvU Woodie Awards (aka The Most Important Night In The Universe) | Best Week Ever 2007
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You don’t hire Danny Huston to stand around in eyeliner for fifteen seconds as Poseidon.
Clash of the Titans Might Have Been a Good, or at Least Better Movie | /Film 2010
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Considering that Sherlock in many ways owes a debt to the cultural phenomenon that is the Pirates of the Caribbean series, don’t be too surprised if a hipper Long John Silver borrows some eyeliner from the Jack Sparrow’s collection.
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I did laugh during the whole, eyeliner is not brain surgery bit and John’s "no one tried to kill me and she didn’t kill anyone, so it was a good day," line is classic.
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How did this idea to name eyeliner for streets come to you?
Face Time With a Makeup Maven Alexandra Cheney 2011
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This is not a pencil so when you sharpen it, you are sharpening the actual product and not the covering of the eyeliner, which is made of plastic.
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Her eyeliner was a cream liner in graphite, which is a deep, dark gray and I set it with a shimmering dark burgundy.
unknown title 2009
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I think that the eyeliner is a bit much and the hair piece is a little tacky, but her lips look phenomenal.
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"The fact that we're giving eighteen-year-old girls in Equatorial Guinea the confidence to spend their fifty-cents-a-week salary on the right kind of eyeliner ... that's something all women can feel proud of."
Steven Shehori: Cosmopolitan Celebrates 40 Years of Setting Women's Movement Back 40 Years 2008
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