1A situation in which two individuals stare at each other, typically in a hostile or intimidating way, until one is no longer able to maintain eye contact and feels forced to look away.
he won his staredown with Matt
Example sentencesExamples
The two got into a stare-down after the match was over, but nothing happened.
The amateur video shows the wild cats in a stare-down before they simply walk their separate ways.
He faced grizzly bears, had a stare-down with a pack of wolves, perpetually fought hunger and once went 50 straight days without seeing another person.
It was a menacing stare-down caught by the army of photographers covering the packed proceedings.
We had a stare-down for four or five seconds and then he took off.
Flub it up or use it out of its context and you find yourself the subject of a withering stare-down.
Her thick brows furrowed, changing into an intimidating stare-down tinged with contempt.
He offers humorous commentary on his epic stare-down with a bull in the middle of the road.
The footage from showed the two locked in a steely stare-down.
A minute feels like a real long time when you're getting the stare-down from an angry dog.
1.1A confrontation between two parties in which neither side is prepared to back down.
both sides are urging quick action but offering no compromises in a political staredown that shows no signs of breaking
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Even amid the nuclear stare-down, they always insisted that human rights be the first issue on any meeting agenda.
Both sides are urging quick action but offering no compromises in a political stare-down that shows no signs of breaking.
In a high-stakes stare-down, he won a significant payout that administration officials did not want to pay.
The possibility of a tax may trigger a stare-down between industry and the government.
We are going through a stare-down between buyers and sellers.
The result is a stare-down between companies and their customers.
Both sides agreed to negotiate further, the first substantive talks since the stare-down began several weeks ago.
The panel does not back down in its stare-down with the government.
Days before a health care stare-down, the administration puts out its plan for the very first time.
Some postal lobbyists have said that, given the stare-down over five-day delivery, congressional negotiators would be better served to seek a more modest agreement.
Definition of staredown in US English:
staredown
nounˈstɛrˌdaʊnˈsterˌdoun
US
1A situation in which two individuals stare at each other, typically in a hostile or intimidating way, until one is no longer able to maintain eye contact and feels forced to look away.
he won his staredown with Matt
Example sentencesExamples
We had a stare-down for four or five seconds and then he took off.
It was a menacing stare-down caught by the army of photographers covering the packed proceedings.
Her thick brows furrowed, changing into an intimidating stare-down tinged with contempt.
The two got into a stare-down after the match was over, but nothing happened.
A minute feels like a real long time when you're getting the stare-down from an angry dog.
Flub it up or use it out of its context and you find yourself the subject of a withering stare-down.
He faced grizzly bears, had a stare-down with a pack of wolves, perpetually fought hunger and once went 50 straight days without seeing another person.
He offers humorous commentary on his epic stare-down with a bull in the middle of the road.
The amateur video shows the wild cats in a stare-down before they simply walk their separate ways.
The footage from showed the two locked in a steely stare-down.
1.1A confrontation between two parties in which neither side is prepared to back down.
both sides are urging quick action but offering no compromises in a political staredown that shows no signs of breaking
Example sentencesExamples
Even amid the nuclear stare-down, they always insisted that human rights be the first issue on any meeting agenda.
Both sides are urging quick action but offering no compromises in a political stare-down that shows no signs of breaking.
We are going through a stare-down between buyers and sellers.
Days before a health care stare-down, the administration puts out its plan for the very first time.
The panel does not back down in its stare-down with the government.
In a high-stakes stare-down, he won a significant payout that administration officials did not want to pay.
The possibility of a tax may trigger a stare-down between industry and the government.
Some postal lobbyists have said that, given the stare-down over five-day delivery, congressional negotiators would be better served to seek a more modest agreement.
Both sides agreed to negotiate further, the first substantive talks since the stare-down began several weeks ago.
The result is a stare-down between companies and their customers.