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Answer for the clue "Win a "no blinking" contest ", 8 letters:
outstare

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Word definitions for outstare in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outstare \Out*stare"\, v. t. To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring; "He simply stared down his opponent" [syn: stare down , outface ]

Usage examples of outstare.

Maggie returned his gaze, because letting him outstare her would give him some sort of victory over her.

The Princess motioned Mignon to a position beside the piano, from whence she could outstare the cats.

For a few seconds it got like two kids trying to outstare each other, but there is a limit to the amount of time two chewing people can do that and keep a straight face.

York might be able to outstare him, but there was no man on the river could outeat him.

Hanging a metre off the reservoir bed, motionless, trying to outstare a dolphin.

No one could outstare her, and when at last the opposing eyes blinked she would stretch and purr and wind herself around her victim in triumphant pleasure.

Caladrius had become a raven-bone pipe and outstared a basilisk: there had been no raven, no basilisk.

A nun, who paused, and seemed for a moment as if she were set on outstaring the camcorder.