Synonyms for look-see
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : loo k-see |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʊkˌsi |
Top 10 synonyms for look-see Other synonyms for the word look-see
- ask
- audit
- be all ears
- beholding
- blink
- blush
- bug
- case
- cast
- catch on
- catechize
- check
- check out
- check over
- check up
- check up on
- contemplation
- coursing
- delve
- dig
- discover
- establish
- evil eye
- exploration
- explore
- eye
- eyeball
- feel around
- feel out
- field sport
- find out
- fix
- flash
- fleeting look
- following
- frisk
- frisking
- game
- gander
- gaze
- get down cold
- get down pat
- get hold of
- get it down
- get the hang of
- give the once over
- glance
- glimpse
- glom
- go into
- gun
- hounding
- hunting
- identify
- impression
- inquest
- inquire
- inquiry
- inquisite
- inquisition
- inspect
- inspection
- interrogate
- interrogation
- introspection
- investigation
- keeping watch
- lamp
- learn
- learn the ropes
- leer
- listen in
- look
- look into
- look over
- look-see
- make certain
- make inquiry
- make sure
- marking
- meddling
- muckrake
- nose around
- noticing
- observation
- once-over
- peek
- peep
- peg
- penetrate
- perlustration
- pick up
- pick up on
- pierce
- poke
- probe
- prod
- prosecution
- prospect
- pry
- prying
- pursuance
- pursuing
- pursuit
- put out a feeler
- put to the test
- query
- quest
- question
- quick look
- quiz
- race
- raid
- read
- reconnaissance
- reconnoiter
- regard
- regarding
- research
- review
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scout
- scrutinize
- scrutiny
- search
- see
- seeking
- settle
- sift
- sifting
- sight
- sighting
- size
- size up
- slant
- snooping
- sound
- sound out
- speculation
- sporting
- spy
- squint
- stake out
- stare
- steeplechase
- study
- surveillance
- survey
- swivel
- tap
- tell
- test
- test the waters
- tracing
- trailing
- verify
- view
- viewing
- wiretap
Définition of look-see
Origin :- "inspection," 1865, "Pidgin-like formation" [OED], and first used in representations of English as spoken by Chinese, from look (v.) + see (v.).
- As in look : noun visual examination
- As in peek/peep : noun sneaked look
- As in view : noun examination
- As in gander : noun glance
- As in glance : noun brief look
- As in glimpse : noun brief look
- As in hunt : noun search, chase
- As in investigate : verb check into thoroughly
- As in ascertain : verb make sure
- As in probe : verb explore, investigate
- Im going back to the office to have a look-see at the books and files.
- Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland
- After you went to bed that night, I drove up here to have a look-see.
- Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings » by Dorothy Wayne
- Look-see, Chelakee braves make haste for load horses down yonder now!
- Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde
- The next morning we turned out early, and got our first real “look-see.”
- Extract from : « The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga » by Cornelis De Witt Willcox
- Do you think I have forgotten the day we were out having a look-see, five of us, and spotted five Albatrosses below?
- Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
- His need was to establish himself as a moderately square tourist on his way to take a look-see at highly publicized Russia.
- Extract from : « Combat » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- The pilot licked dry lips and wondered what would happen if he swung down there and just walked in for a look-see.
- Extract from : « Star Born » by Andre Norton
- That swift opening run through the outer portal of Hell Gate offered about the only chance I had for a “look-see.”
- Extract from : « Down the Columbia » by Lewis R. Freeman
- That was a snap judgment, formed after the briefest kind of a “look-see,” and it may well be that I was over optimistic.
- Extract from : « Down the Columbia » by Lewis R. Freeman
- When you carry weapons like that for protection never put it in your pocket without a look-see.
- Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
Antonyms for look-see
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