ogling

present participle of ogle
as in eying
to look at in a flirtatious or desiring way I do wish you two would stop ogling each other during class

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eyeing
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  • With so much fashion existing online, there’s something refreshing about trying pieces on in-store after eyeing them first on a little screen.
    Libby Page, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Despite modest online traction and a vocal fanbase for his solo work, breaking free from a long-running TV persona — especially one as iconic as Archie Andrews — is a familiar challenge for actors eyeing to seriously break into a new field like music.
    Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Ogling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ogling. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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