eye bounce

English

Noun

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 […]
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