Definition of "mascara" []

• A cosmetic applied to thicken, lengthen, and usually darken the eyelashes. (noun)
• To apply mascara to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "July 17th, 2009 8: 13 pm ET the mascara is starting to come off this clown"
• "I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying and mascara is running down my face, so now I look like a freak."
• "When the 10 pm news does a "piece" on which mascara is best, I don't find that news rather as advertising."