looking
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- //ˈlʊkɪŋ//
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
verb
- 1
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
dorky-looking
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.
- 2
Also a form of lookpresent participle and gerund of look
Etymology
From Middle English lokynge, from earlier lokinde, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -ing.
noun
- 1
The act of one who looks; a glance.
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 […]
Etymology
From Middle English lokynge, lokinge, from Old English lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung), equivalent to look + -ing.
Forms
- plural
- lookings
looking · as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
lookout · A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.Lookout · A census-designated place in Modoc County, California, United…looks · One's appearance or attractiveness.