eye contact

noun
1.
the act of looking directly into another's eyes: We never made eye contact at any time during the interview.
2.
Psychology. a meeting of the eyes of two persons, regarded as a meaningful nonverbal form of communication.

Origin:
1960–65

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eye contact
 
n
a direct look between two people; meeting of eyes: he maintained eye contact with his interrogator

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Eye contact is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
People must also feel that they are making eye contact, which involves multiple
  cameras and enormous computing power.
She looked straight ahead, making eye contact with no one.
They normally have trouble making eye contact and are awkward around other
  people.
As he neared the clump of still-moist droppings, he established eye contact
  with the group.
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