Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にら
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 睨めっこ – see the following entry.
にらめっこ
[noun] a kind of game in which children make funny faces to try to make others laugh and lose, similar to a staring contest
[verb] to glare at each other
[verb] (figuratively) to stare (at)
(This term, 睨めっこ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)