stargaze

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈstɑɹɡeɪz/

Definition of stargaze

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To look at the stars at night.
    “It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.”
    “"That's right," declared Browning's companion. "I was out stargazing last night. Looked at the Long-Handled Dipper a long time, and it gave me an awful thirst. I've had it with me all day. Yes, mine's ale."”
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verb

  1. To look at the stars at night.
    “It was a very clear night so I paused to stargaze until I got cold and went in.”
    “"That's right," declared Browning's companion. "I was out stargazing last night. Looked at the Long-Handled Dipper a long time, and it gave me an awful thirst. I've had it with me all day. Yes, mine's ale."”
  2. (figuratively)To gaze engrossed with emotion or contemplatively.
    “Before books came into my life, I was given to stargazing and daydreaming. When books were given me, I fell upon them as a glutton pounces on his meat after a period of enforced starvation.”

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Etymology

From star + gaze.

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