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eyebrow
eyebrow /ˈaɪbraʊ/ noun [countable]
1. the line of hair above your eye:
    thick bushy eyebrows
2. raise your eyebrows to move your eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval:
    ‘Really?’ she said, raising her eyebrows.
    This decision caused a few raised eyebrows (=surprised some people).
3. be up to your eyebrows in something spoken to have more of something than you can deal with:
    I’m absolutely up to my eyebrows in work.