leer
1[ leer ]
/ lɪər /
verb (used without object)
to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
noun
a lascivious or sly look.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of leer
11520–30; perhaps v. use of obsolete leer cheek (Middle English leor, Old English hlēor; cognate with Old Norse hlȳr (plural))
OTHER WORDS FROM leer
leer·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby leer
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leer
/ (lɪə) /
verb
(intr) to give an oblique, sneering, or suggestive look or grin
noun
such a look
Derived forms of leer
leering, adjective, nounleeringly, adverbWord Origin for leer
C16: perhaps verbal use of obsolete leer cheek, from Old English hlēor
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