"staredown" meaning in All languages combined

See staredown on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: staredowns [plural]
Etymology: From stare + down. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stare|down}} stare + down Head templates: {{en-noun}} staredown (plural staredowns)
  1. (informal) A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-staredown-en-noun-SaCMoWWe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
  2. (idiomatic) A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-staredown-en-noun-rIdJEJcV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stare down

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stare",
        "3": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "stare + down",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From stare + down.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "staredowns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "staredown (plural staredowns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stare down"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away."
      ],
      "id": "en-staredown-en-noun-SaCMoWWe",
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "intently",
          "intently"
        ],
        [
          "gaze",
          "gaze"
        ],
        [
          "blink",
          "blink"
        ],
        [
          "turn away",
          "turn away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 26, David Waldstein, “Pursuing N.B.A., Marbury’s Brother Takes Long Detour”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Since then, Stephon, 31, and the Knicks have been locked in a staredown regarding the cost of a potential buyout.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield."
      ],
      "id": "en-staredown-en-noun-rIdJEJcV",
      "links": [
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "staredown"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "stare",
        "3": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "stare + down",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From stare + down.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "staredowns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "staredown (plural staredowns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "stare down"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "game",
          "game"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "intently",
          "intently"
        ],
        [
          "gaze",
          "gaze"
        ],
        [
          "blink",
          "blink"
        ],
        [
          "turn away",
          "turn away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A game or confrontation in which two individuals intently gaze at each other, until the other individual is forced to blink or turn away."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 January 26, David Waldstein, “Pursuing N.B.A., Marbury’s Brother Takes Long Detour”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Since then, Stephon, 31, and the Knicks have been locked in a staredown regarding the cost of a potential buyout.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ],
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A confrontation in which each party waits for the other to yield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "staredown"
}

Download raw JSONL data for staredown meaning in All languages combined (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.