Pronunciations
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/ˈlʊkɪŋ/
Verb
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
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dorky-looking
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By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
Good-Looking, Funny Guy — (Not funny-looking, good guy), 36, Jewish, athletic.
Noun
The act of one who looks; a glance.
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A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]
Adjective
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
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left their clothes dirty looking
a most disagreeable looking character
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angry-looking
liquid-looking
severe-looking policemen on noble horses
fine-sounding phrases
taken in by high-sounding talk
Noun
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look
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he went out to have a look
his look was fixed on her eyes
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he gave it a good looking at
his camera does his looking for him
the act of searching visually
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