Meaning & use
Ogled
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Looked or stared at someone or something, typically in a lecherous, admiring, or covetous way.
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He ogled the sports car as it drove past.
She felt uncomfortable when the stranger ogled her from across the room.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'ogle', a word of uncertain origin possibly linked to a German or Dutch dialect word for 'to look at'.
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leered ateyed
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