177 were donated in October
This month, we are on track to donate 178
home recent additions webmaster page banners feed a child

thousand-yard stare

Definition

thousand-yard stare rate
(Noun) The unfocused stare of traumatized people - as if they were looking at nothing, or at least something a thousand yards away. Originally used to describe military personnel traumatized by the horrors of fierce combat - but the usage has broadened to describe more commonplace events.
Usage: Iwo Jima combatants often had a thousand-year stare, but much more prosaically, a person might feign a "thousand-yard stare" to pretend not to notice someone he/she doesn't want to notice.


Link to this page:

Add or improve a definition

All definitions are approved by humans before publishing. Any promotional content will be deleted.
HTML tags are not allowed and will be encoded.
Use square brackets to link a word. For example, [abc] will render as abc. External links will be removed
Thorax
thorn (in the flesh)
thorough
thorough-good-natured wench
thoroughbred
thoroughly
those days of the month
thot
thou
thou'rt
though
thought
thought tracking
thoughtful
thoughtfulness
thousand pities
thousand-yard stare
Thove
THP
THPO
THPS
THR
THRAM
thrap(e)
thrapping
thrash
Thrash metal
Thrashcore
thrasher
thrasonical
THRASS
Thrawn
THRC
home   recent additions   webmaster page   banners   feed a child