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

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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