leer (at)

verb

ˈlir How to pronounce leer (at) (audio)
Definition of leer (at)next
as in to make eyes (at)
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way upbraided the man for leering at the young waitress

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  1. ogle
  2. eye
  3. stare
Verb
  • Sweetin was also unsettled by Saget, Coulier and Stamos’s elderly characters ogling the adult Kimmy.
    John Russell, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Willems started by getting the consent of new parents to ogle the scalps of their newborns.
    Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of ogle
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  • Alexis couldn’t shake the feeling that everyone was watching her, looking at her, eyeing her as the only person in the room when Onyxx died of some unknown cause.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Having studied the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 election, both were now eying plans to disrupt each of the procedural steps between Election Day and the Inauguration, such as the December 11th deadline for each state to ascertain a winner, and the December 17th meeting of each state’s electors.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of eye
Verb
  • The traditional media business has been staring at these multiple roads for years now, and none of them are anywhere near as bucolic as Frost’s woods.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.
    Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of stare
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