leer

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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
leer

Third-person singular
leers

Past tense
leered

Past participle
leered

Present participle
leering

  1. (intransitive) When you leer at someone, you look at them in a rude, sometimes threatening way. The word leer usually describes men looking at women in a sexual way that is not respectful.
    She stopped using the public pool because of the way people leered at her when she was in her swimsuit.
    Their bosses warned the female prison guards that they would have to deal with the male prisoners leering at them.

Noun[change]

Singular
leer

Plural
leers

  1. A leer is a rude, threatening, sometimes sexual stare.
    He had a terrifying leer that made me afraid about what he might do.