stargazing

noun

star·​gaz·​ing ˈstär-ˌgā-ziŋ 

1

: the act or practice of a stargazer

2

a

: absorption in chimerical or impractical ideas : woolgathering

b

: the quality or state of being absent-minded

Examples of stargazing in a Sentence

We left the city after dark to do some stargazing.

Recent Examples on the Web

Also included is a skylight good for stargazing and ventilation as well as serving as a hatch to peek out the top of the tent roof. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park Galloway Forest Park was Britain's first Dark Sky Park and remains one of the country's premier stargazing destinations. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026

The touchstones are plentiful—Harmonia’s cyclical drift, Alice Coltrane’s stargazing elegies, gamelan’s hypnotic shimmer—but the song is strange and unpredictable. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026

The four- or six-person domes have lofts, full bathrooms with walk-in showers and prime stargazing right from bed. — Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stargazing

• amazing
• appraising
• rephrasing
• blazing
• brazing
• crazing
• gazing
• glazing
• grazing
• hazing
• phasing
• phrasing