staredown
staredown · staredowns
A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until…A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away.
(idiomatic)A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield.
Origin
From stare + down.From stare + down.
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Forms
plural: staredowns| Singular | staredown |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedstare down
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.