Why do guys stare at girls? What does it mean?

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My guy friend and I are really close and we like to tease and mess with each other. A lot of the time it's us going "Huh? What? Hm?" mimicking and smirking at each other and it ends with us just staring at each other for quite a while. We just stare not breaking eye contact. He knows that one of my turn-ons is eye contact too. We just randomly make eye contact at times and we don't break it. One time, when we were over at a friend's, I was sitting on the couch and he just came over to me and went "STARING CONTEST!" It was kinda odd but I didn't think much of it. The one that really stuck out to me was a time we went out to eat with a group of our friends. It was really cold and we sat outside because of Covid. I sat by the fire and he was seated between two of my friends. Eventually, I guess he got cold and he came by to sit on the ledge by the fire, next to me. We did our usual teasing thing and talking and then we just sorta stopped and stared at each other. I got one of my friends to ask him what a guy staring at a girl means and he said 3 things.

1. Trying to see if something is different about the girl (haircut or something)
2. Forgetting how to look at someone normally
3. Admiring her smile

Obviously, I hope it's the third one and he did say what he thinks it is usually but I'm still not sure about it all. I'd appreciate the help! Thanks!
Why do guys stare at girls? What does it mean?
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