stare-downn.

Brit.

/ˈstɛːdaʊn/, U.S.

/ˈstɛrˌdaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs.

Etymology: < to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs.

Originally U.S.

A stare maintained between two individuals, considered as a confrontation or contest in which the loser is the first to look away, blink, etc. Also figurative. Cf. to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs.

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1953 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 13 Aug. 5/4 Various wrestling contests were held... A stare-down contest was also held.

1958 Brownwood (Texas) Bull. 11 Nov. 3/7 Animal trainer Liborio Ronsisvalle on his staredown with an escaped lion that successfully diverted it from an infant: ‘I had caught the beast's eye and held it with a stare, for 90 long minutes.’

1989 L. Bryce Influential Woman (1990) iv. 54 Your eye contact is firm, but not a stare-down.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 22 Jan. 20/2 Gottlieb, notorious for his bullying behavior, had a 1995 stare-down with Random House's Alberto Vitale over rights to book text.

2012 Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Sport section) 53 Methods for unsettling [boxing] opponents have included kissing one on the lips during a stare-down.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stare-down
释义	stare-downn. Brit. /ˈstɛːdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈstɛrˌdaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs. Etymology: < to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs. Originally U.S. A stare maintained between two individuals, considered as a confrontation or contest in which the loser is the first to look away, blink, etc. Also figurative. Cf. to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs. ΚΠ 1953 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 13 Aug. 5/4 Various wrestling contests were held... A stare-down contest was also held. 1958 Brownwood (Texas) Bull. 11 Nov. 3/7 Animal trainer Liborio Ronsisvalle on his staredown with an escaped lion that successfully diverted it from an infant: ‘I had caught the beast's eye and held it with a stare, for 90 long minutes.’ 1989 L. Bryce Influential Woman (1990) iv. 54 Your eye contact is firm, but not a stare-down. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 22 Jan. 20/2 Gottlieb, notorious for his bullying behavior, had a 1995 stare-down with Random House's Alberto Vitale over rights to book text. 2012 Times (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Sport section) 53 Methods for unsettling [boxing] opponents have included kissing one on the lips during a stare-down. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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