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death stares

death stares is the plural of death stare.

Meaning of death stare

Noun

death stare (plural death stares)

  1. (informal) A hateful or contemptuous look directed at someone; a dirty look.
    • “I thought it was bring-your-kid-to-work day,” replied Dad, clearly hoping a joke might soften them. He was wrong, as the two goons gave the man a death stare.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. A supposed stare that will cause death.
    • Handsome, with a Freud-like beard and piercing eyes, it was also said that he had perfected the death stare. Whenever he required the skeleton of some exotic beast to compare with his fossil bones, he would visit Basel Zoo and stare at the appropriate animal, which would soon thereafter shuffle off...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 81
    Synonyms:
    death glare

Questions about death stares

What is death stares the plural of?
Death stares is the plural of death stare.

Words near death stares in the dictionary

  1. death spirals
  2. death squad
  3. death squads
  4. death star
  5. death stare
  6. death stares
  7. death stars
  8. death stick
  9. death sticks
  10. death tax
  11. death taxes

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