Concept cluster: Actions > Gaping and staring
adj
(archaic) In a state of gasping.
v
(rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
v
(transitive) To glare at or on.
v
(intransitive, of the eye) To quail.
adv
While blinking, or as if blinking
v
(intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
v
(intransitive, of a rat) To wiggle the eyes as a result of bruxing.
n
(informal) A death stare.
n
(informal) A hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look.
v
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To give a death stare; to look hatefully at someone.
n
(rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
v
(slang, of eyes) To point in different directions; (of a person) To have a facial expression with one's eyes pointing in different directions.
v
(rare) To perform an eye-roll, or to express exasperation, disbelief or frustration through an eye-roll.
v
(transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.
v
(archaic) to gape; yawn.
n
Something to be gaped at, a strange sight; typically used in phrases such as to buy, sow etc. gape seed, describing people who merely stand and stare instead of transacting business.
adj
Alternative form of gape-mouthed [Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment.]
n
One who gapes; a starer.
n
Alternative form of gape seed [Something to be gaped at, a strange sight; typically used in phrases such as to buy, sow etc. gape seed, describing people who merely stand and stare instead of transacting business.]
n
The act of one who gapes.
adj
gaping
v
(Tyneside) To stare, gape.
v
(obsolete) to stare or gape
v
To stare or gape stupidly.
adj
(Britain) That gawps or gawp.
adv
With a gawping expression, as of incredulity.
n
An angry or fierce stare.
v
(slang, transitive) To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
v
Obsolete form of glance. [(intransitive) To look briefly (at something).]
v
(intransitive) To squint; to look cunningly.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To jest.
v
(Scotland) To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
v
(intransitive) To stare.
v
(dialectal or archaic) To stare in amazement.
v
(intransitive, dialectal) To gaze in alarm; be terrified; stare.
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast
v
(archaic) to glower
v
Alternative spelling of glower. [(intransitive) To look or stare with anger.]
v
(obsolete) To stare; to stare gloatingly.
v
Obsolete spelling of glower. [(intransitive) To look or stare with anger.]
v
(informal, possibly obsolete) To stare; gawk.
v
(UK and US, dialects) To gawk; to stare or gape.
v
To stare stupidly.
v
(slang, archaic) To have a black eye.
n
Alternative spelling of headrush [orthostatic hypotension, due to low blood pressure, for example when standing up suddenly.]
n
(obsolete) The act of gaping; a gap.
v
(idiomatic) Alternative form of knit one's brows. [(idiomatic) To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.]
v
(intransitive) Often followed by at: to stare in a disapproving, severe, or threatening manner, especially without speaking.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To open one's mouth wide, to gape
adj
yawning; gaping
v
To gape; to yawn.
n
The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
v
(slang) To stare at a man's genitalia.
adj
Having a loud, mournful sound.
adj
(poetic, of the sea) noisy, roaring, thundering
n
The action of something that pulses.
v
to show scepticism, surprise or as a result of being mildly scandalised.
v
(intransitive) To squint.
n
(obsolete) One who squints; a person with defective vision.
adj
(obsolete) squinting
n
The act of one who squints.
n
(grammar) A modifier that could apply either to the clause the precedes it or the clause that follows it; an instance of amphiboly.
v
Synonym of look daggers
adv
Presenting a vigorous and unified opposition.
adj
(figuratively) Wide open.

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