staring contest

English

Noun

staring contest (plural staring contests)

1. a game in which two people maintain eye contact for as long as possible, the loser being the one who is the first to blink or look away.
2. a confrontation between two parties in which neither side is prepared to back down.

Translations

game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對視挑戰 / 对视挑战 (duìshìtiǎozhàn)

• Finnish: tuijotuskilpailu
• French: concours de regard m
• Japanese: にらめっこ (ja) (niramekko)
• Korean: 눈싸움 (ko) (nunssaum)
• Russian: гляделки (ru) f inan pl (gljadelki)
• Turkish: bakışma yarışması