eyebrow

[ ahy-brou ]

noun

1. the arch or ridge forming the upper part of the orbit of the eye.
2. the fringe of hair growing on this arch or ridge.
3. a dormer having a roof that is an upwardly curved continuation of the main roof plane.
4. Printing, Journalism. kicker ( def 9 ).
5. Nautical. a curved molding protecting a port from falling or dripping water.

eyebrow

/ ˈaɪˌbraʊ /

noun

1. the transverse bony ridge over each eye
2. the arch of hair that covers this ridge superciliary
3. See raise
   raise an eyebrow
   raise an eyebrow See raise

Word History and Origins

Origin of eyebrow¹

First recorded in 1575–85; eye + brow

Idioms and Phrases

see cause raised eyebrows .

Example Sentences

“When I talk to people about the show, their eyebrows raise, but every single new person I talk to has a personal story, idea, or fresh interpretation.”

From Outside Online

She meticulously manages the shape of her eyebrows and is well-groomed otherwise.

From Freakonomics

A young Saeedah and her father have eyebrows “set high above their eyes, so they looked skeptical or like they were laughing at a joke no one else understood.”

From Washington Post

Any method that could give Google even more control over the ad process has advertisers, publishers and ad tech firms raising eyebrows.

From Digiday

Clean eating is such a common phrase that it might not raise an eyebrow, but it’s problematic, too.

From Outside Online

The trade in empty bottles should be as eyebrow-raising as the old Soviet dud-bulb biz.

From The Daily Beast

It barely raised an eyebrow, perhaps because many assumed it was yet another iteration of the same old pipedream.

From The Daily Beast

Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.

From The Daily Beast

In any other civilized nation this effort at some kind of summer escape would barely raise an eyebrow.

From The Daily Beast

All the while, his father continues to make headlines with his every eyebrow-raising utterance.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.

From Project Gutenberg

He received what she said with suitably impressed eyebrow and nods of considerate assent.

From Project Gutenberg

The nurse brought her sal volatile, and washed the small cut above her eyebrow.

From Project Gutenberg

Barker dodged, but the edge of it cut open his eyebrow as it whizzed by, and the blood flowed fast.

From Project Gutenberg

The first marked Silver Jack's bronze-red face just to the left of his white eyebrow.

From Project Gutenberg

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