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Looking

//ˈlʊkɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms wordnet

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 […]"
2
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look wordnet
3
the act of searching visually wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of look form-of, gerund, participle, present
2
as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
"dorky-looking"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English lokynge, lokinge, from Old English lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung), equivalent to look + -ing.

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