"staring contest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: staring contests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} staring contest (plural staring contests)
  1. a game in which two people maintain eye contact for as long as possible, the loser being the one who is the first to blink or look away. Categories (topical): Games Translations (game): tuijotuskilpailu (Finnish), concours de regard [masculine] (French), bakışma yarışması (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-staring_contest-en-noun-7Yo8cfeL Disambiguation of Games: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'game': 100 0
  2. a confrontation between two parties in which neither side is prepared to back down.
    Sense id: en-staring_contest-en-noun-nqnK-Jvm

Inflected forms

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