blear (blɪə) ![]() | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to make (eyes or sight) dim with or as if with tears; blur |
| —adj | |
| 2. | a less common word for bleary |
| [C13: blere to make dim; related to Middle High German blerre blurred vision] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |