Definitions for the word "leer" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To learn.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Empty; destitute; wanting
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Empty of contents.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The cheek.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Complexion; aspect; appearance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
Look slyly, lasciviously, or maliciously. n. Leering look. [perhaps from obsolete leer cheek]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
empty.—_Oxfordshire._ Pure _German_, as is nearly so the next
word.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
14. slang
print, newspaper. _German_, LEHREN, to instruct; hence _Old
English_, LERE, “spelt in the LEER.” _See_ SPELL.—_Old Cant._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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