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Definition of stargazer in English: stargazernoun ˈstɑːɡeɪzəˈstɑrˌɡeɪzər 1informal An astronomer or astrologer. Example sentencesExamples - Nearly 2,000 stargazers from all over the country flocked to the Yorkshire Coast to see a sunrise that lived up to its expectations of being one of the most spectacular this century.
- Hubble has been not only a boon to the nation's scientific community as well as amateur stargazers but also to school children brought to science by its amazing, penetrating look into space.
- The recent launch of Kerry Astronomy Club has been very good news for all stargazers in the area.
- Cyber-boffins at the University of York have launched a new website to help stargazers get the best views of one of the most mind-blowing of all natural phenomena.
- Keen amateur stargazers gathered in York today to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
- Unlike other stargazers, my friend does not resort to performing calculations with birthdays and positions of planets or shuffling and reading tarot cards.
- The young stargazer's actions have been greeted with glee by Southampton astronomers who have long been campaigning for a clear night sky.
- If weather conditions prohibit viewing the space station, stargazers will have to be content with Venus which is renowned for its seasonal appearances.
- The telescopes will be available to the public on the first Friday of every month to give fledgling stargazers an insight into astronomy.
- The rugged interior of Tenerife is one of the best short-haul destinations for stargazers.
- That will be good news for the north west's stargazers.
- History will come full circle as stargazers from New Zealand head for Whitby to mark the astronomical achievements of Captain Cook and his ill fated Yorkshire astronomer, Charles Green.
- It will be used by astronomy club members and novice stargazers who will benefit from the forest's dark skies, unhindered by polluting street lights.
- One of the stargazers was solar astronomer, Professor John Parkinson, from Sheffield Hallam University in England.
- Hundreds of Sheffield stargazers rose with the larks yesterday to become some of the first in the city to see the planet passing between the Earth and the sun.
- Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
- Astronomers, astronauts, and old-fashioned stargazers will be on hand to help them explore the romance of the night sky.
- Hitler had lost some of his faith in stargazers after his deputy had used astrological charts to plan a flight to Britain that ended with him being incarcerated.
- Phillip Perkins, an astronomer from Ramsbury, near Swindon, received thousands of emails from stargazers across the world after he set up a special internet broadcast of the event using two telescopes in his back garden.
- A pioneering telescope that helped 18th century stargazers map the skies has returned to the East Yorkshire country home where it remained for two centuries.
2Australian informal A horse that turns its head when galloping. Example sentencesExamples - The small sail at the top of a mast was called a stargazer, and so is a Mediterranean fish with eyes set at the top of its head, and a horse that holds its head back.
3A fish of warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding. a widely distributed fish that has electric organs (family Uranoscopidae: several genera). ('sand stargazer') a western Atlantic fish (family Dactyloscopidae: several genera). Example sentencesExamples - An ugly stargazer assumes its customary position half-buried in the sand
- We were rewarded with a stargazer, motionless on the bottom, waiting for its prey.
- A similar species is the stargazer, which has two venomous spines, one each side behind the gill covers.
- A closely related Mediterranean fish, with similar characteristics and uses, is Uranoscopus scaber, the stargazer, so called because its eyes look upwards even more markedly than those of the weevers.
- Emperor shrimp danced over sea cucumbers' backs and stargazers gazed into the blackness with their sad smiles.
- Dactyloscopids derive their common name, sand stargazers, from their eyes, which protrude from the tops of their heads, sometimes on stalks.
Derivatives verb ˈstɑːɡeɪzˈstɑrˌɡeɪz [no object]1Observe the stars. a telescope for stargazing through a retractable roof Example sentencesExamples - visitors can sunbathe and stargaze on the upper deck
- Or spend a more subdued evening stargazing through the telescope in your suite before getting cozy in front of the wood-burning fireplace.
- Take 43-year-old Linda Ransome - by day she is an IT consultant, but by night she can still be found stargazing.
- We lay on the drive stargazing and saw a shooting star.
- the town has been busy stargazing as British superstars jetted in for the grand finale
Definition of stargazer in US English: stargazernounˈstɑrˌɡeɪzərˈstärˌɡāzər 1informal An astronomer or astrologer. Example sentencesExamples - The recent launch of Kerry Astronomy Club has been very good news for all stargazers in the area.
- That will be good news for the north west's stargazers.
- Astronomers, astronauts, and old-fashioned stargazers will be on hand to help them explore the romance of the night sky.
- A pioneering telescope that helped 18th century stargazers map the skies has returned to the East Yorkshire country home where it remained for two centuries.
- Hubble has been not only a boon to the nation's scientific community as well as amateur stargazers but also to school children brought to science by its amazing, penetrating look into space.
- Hitler had lost some of his faith in stargazers after his deputy had used astrological charts to plan a flight to Britain that ended with him being incarcerated.
- History will come full circle as stargazers from New Zealand head for Whitby to mark the astronomical achievements of Captain Cook and his ill fated Yorkshire astronomer, Charles Green.
- The young stargazer's actions have been greeted with glee by Southampton astronomers who have long been campaigning for a clear night sky.
- If weather conditions prohibit viewing the space station, stargazers will have to be content with Venus which is renowned for its seasonal appearances.
- Hundreds of Sheffield stargazers rose with the larks yesterday to become some of the first in the city to see the planet passing between the Earth and the sun.
- Phillip Perkins, an astronomer from Ramsbury, near Swindon, received thousands of emails from stargazers across the world after he set up a special internet broadcast of the event using two telescopes in his back garden.
- It will be used by astronomy club members and novice stargazers who will benefit from the forest's dark skies, unhindered by polluting street lights.
- The telescopes will be available to the public on the first Friday of every month to give fledgling stargazers an insight into astronomy.
- Cyber-boffins at the University of York have launched a new website to help stargazers get the best views of one of the most mind-blowing of all natural phenomena.
- Nearly 2,000 stargazers from all over the country flocked to the Yorkshire Coast to see a sunrise that lived up to its expectations of being one of the most spectacular this century.
- Keen amateur stargazers gathered in York today to take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.
- The rugged interior of Tenerife is one of the best short-haul destinations for stargazers.
- One of the stargazers was solar astronomer, Professor John Parkinson, from Sheffield Hallam University in England.
- Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
- Unlike other stargazers, my friend does not resort to performing calculations with birthdays and positions of planets or shuffling and reading tarot cards.
- 1.1 A daydreamer.
Example sentencesExamples - We would, stargazers predicted 10 years ago, control our computers by speaking to them: ‘Find me everything on daft predictions about speech recognition.’
- My teacher could not have understood it, for he was merely a stargazer and not a man of the art of languages.
- Dream chaser, stargazer, that's what I am and I've always known I'd come back home when I found my journey's end.
2A fish of warm seas that normally lies buried in the sand with only its eyes, which are on top of the head, protruding. a widely distributed fish that has electric organs (family Uranoscopidae: several genera) ('sand stargazer') a western Atlantic fish (family Dactyloscopidae: several genera) Example sentencesExamples - Dactyloscopids derive their common name, sand stargazers, from their eyes, which protrude from the tops of their heads, sometimes on stalks.
- We were rewarded with a stargazer, motionless on the bottom, waiting for its prey.
- A closely related Mediterranean fish, with similar characteristics and uses, is Uranoscopus scaber, the stargazer, so called because its eyes look upwards even more markedly than those of the weevers.
- Emperor shrimp danced over sea cucumbers' backs and stargazers gazed into the blackness with their sad smiles.
- A similar species is the stargazer, which has two venomous spines, one each side behind the gill covers.
- An ugly stargazer assumes its customary position half-buried in the sand
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