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eye bounce

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eye bounce (uncountable)

  1. (television, slang) The practice of lowering one's eyes before gazing left or right, to avoid a shifty expression on camera.
    • 2006, Richard Weiner, ‎Charles M. Levine, The Skinny about Best Boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo (page 27)
      Media coaches recommend that speakers on TV programs use eye bounce, in which the eyes do not move horizontally. Instead, the speaker first looks down []