睨めっこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 睨めっこ – see the following entry.

[noun] a kind of game in which children make funny faces to try to make others laugh and lose, similar to a staring contest

[verb] to glare at each other

[verb] (figuratively) to stare (at)

(This term, 睨めっこ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)