look-see
[ loo k-see ]
/ ˈlʊkˌsi /
noun Informal.
a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
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RELATED WORDS
stare, peek, glimpse, eye, review, attention, glance, view, analysis, display, sight, look, impression, flash, sighting, raid, hunting, probe, prosecution, interrogation
Nearby words
- look who's talking,
- look-alike,
- look-down,
- look-in,
- look-over,
- look-through,
- lookalike,
- lookdown,
- lookee,
- looker
Origin of look-see
First recorded in 1880–85
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look-see
noun
informal a brief inspection or look
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look-see
"inspection," 1865, "Pidgin-like formation" [OED], and first used in representations of English as spoken by Chinese, from look (v.) + see (v.).
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