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leer

1

[ leer ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intent:

    Go away! I can't concentrate with you leering at me.



noun

  1. a lascivious or sly look.

leer

2

[ leer ]

adjective

British Dialect.
  1. having no burden or load.
  2. faint for lack of food; hungry.

leer

/ ±ôɪə /

verb

  1. intr to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. such a look
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, adjectivenoun
  • ˈ±ô±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leer1

First recorded in 1520–30; perhaps verb use of obsolete noun leer “cheek†( Middle English leor, Old English ³ó±ôŧ´Ç°ù; cognate with Old Norse ³ó±ô²âÌ„°ù (plural))

Origin of leer2

before 1050; Middle English lere, Old English ²µ±ð±ôÇ£°ù; cognate with German leer empty
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leer1

C16: perhaps verbal use of obsolete leer cheek, from Old English ³ó±ôŧ´Ç°ù
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Example Sentences

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Guiraudie celebrates the frivolity of a steamy glance or a leering gaze, and “Misericordia†is no different, which is precisely why it’s such an exciting venture in the realm of contemporary queer filmmaking.

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She did nothing to stop him from leeringly telling one participant that she has a "beautiful voice."

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As such, Harvey’s appreciation of Sue is creepy, especially when he leers at her exercising in a skimpy outfit.

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There are T-shirts, phones, watches, furniture, clocks, slippers, tents, wallets, trading cards, eye shadow and roller skates with Garfield’s leering image.

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In other cases, witnesses were possibly nearby, so Trump reportedly limited himself to a forced kiss or leering with harassing comments.

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