Link Centre Dictionary

looking

loo·king

UK/ˈlʊkɪŋ/ US/ˈlʊkɪŋ/ very common
adjective (1) noun (2)

adjective

1.

appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

  • “left their clothes dirty looking”
  • “a most disagreeable looking character”
  • “angry-looking”
  • “liquid-looking”
  • “severe-looking policemen on noble horses”
  • “fine-sounding phrases”
  • “taken in by high-sounding talk”
Synonyms
Similar

noun

1.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

  • “he went out to have a look”
  • “his look was fixed on her eyes”
  • “he gave it a good looking at”
  • “his camera does his looking for him”
Synonyms
2.

Origin

From Middle English lokynge, from earlier lokinde, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -ing.

Phrases

  • caught looking
  • here's looking at you
  • looking glass
  • not as green as one is cabbage-looking
  • not see for looking
  • on the outside, looking in
  • strike out looking
  • what are you looking at

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.