LEER


Meaning of LEER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪə(r) ]

( leers, leering, leered)

If someone leers at you, they smile in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you.

Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females...

He looked back at Kenworthy and leered.

VERB : V prep / adv , V [ disapproval ]

Leer is also a noun.

When I asked the clerk for my room key, he gave it to me with a leer.

N-COUNT

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