stare
verb (used without object)
to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
starer
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a word derived from
stare.
Example Sentences
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One bartender, who asked not to be named, told the programme that Mr Watt was "a starer".
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
And Bobby Adams just sits and stares at me with his mouth slightly open—but Bobby’s kind of a mouth-open starer on a good day, so I let it go.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Those were the days when bonnets did not Expose the face to every starer; When skirts, worn short and airy, hid not The foot and ankle of the wearer.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
The starer, without once taking his eyes off Horace, rose, advanced to the little window and thrust through it an oversized card.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
One male starer paid for his inquisitiveness, by tumbling over a stall of knick-knacks, and precipitating himself and all the contents to the ground.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
