Usually means: Look suggestively or unpleasantly at.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word leer:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. leer: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. leer, leer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. leer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. leer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Leer, leer: Wordnik
  7. leer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. leer: Wiktionary
  9. leer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. leer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. leer: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Leer, leer: Dictionary.com
  13. leer (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. leer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Leer (Ostfriesland), Leer (district), Leer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Leer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. leer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. leer: Rhymezone
  19. leer, leer, leer, leer (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. leer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. leer: Free Dictionary
  22. leer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Leer, leer: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. leer: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. LEER: Acronym Finder
  2. leer: Idioms
  3. leer: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. leer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. leer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See leered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
verb:  (transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
noun:  A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
noun:  An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
noun:  (obsolete) The cheek.
noun:  (obsolete) The face.
noun:  (obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.
noun:  (obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.
noun:  (obsolete) Flesh; skin.
noun:  (UK dialectal) The flank or loin.
adjective:  (obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.
adjective:  (obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.
adjective:  (obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.
adjective:  (UK dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
adjective:  (obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
adjective:  (obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To teach.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To learn.
noun:  A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany
noun:  A small hamlet in Long Rapids Township, Alpena County, Michigan
noun:  A town, the county seat of Leer County, Unity State, South Sudan
noun:  A county of Unity State, South Sudan
noun:  Alternative form of lehr [(glassblowing) A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.]

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