leer

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Why nudge and prod and leer ever which way?

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a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of leer gathered in one view.

noun

a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

noun

a suggestive or sneering look or grin

verb

look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for leer.

noun

a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

noun

a suggestive or sneering look or grin

verb

look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"

Example sentences

Why nudge and prod and leer ever which way?

Do you think breasts are just there for you to leer over in your lonely cave of shame?

Oblique spoiler alert?What does a cow's leer mean?

Fat slob with a beer-belly and greasy hair glances at you - bleurgh, X is leering at you.

Because what you really need on an aircraft, is someone to leer at, who has been instructed to smile and be nice even when you're a sexist pig. Those were the days, huh?

I'm not sure si est working pero it's really entertaining to leer todo sus comments en espangls.

I am not arguing for the right to leer at breasts at work, but I don't like the other extreme of being a completely rational machine that you describe either.

Obviously I don't want to defend the right to leer at work, but it seems impossible to accommodate everybody's preferences for a workplace.

Nobody should have to be subjected to this, male or female.> I feel like the underlying complaint here is more along the lines of: "Some people want to go to Las Vegas, get drunk, leer at strippers, and call themselves elite.