Definitions for looking
look·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. look, looking, looking at(noun)

   the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

   "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"

2. looking, looking for(adj)

   the act of searching visually

3. looking, sounding(adj)

   appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

   "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"

Wikipedia(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Looking

   Looking is the act of intentionally focusing visual perception on someone or something, for the purpose of obtaining information, and possibly to convey interest or another sentiment. A large number of troponyms exist to describe variations of looking at things, with prominent examples including the verbs "stare, gaze, gape, gawp, gawk, goggle, glare, glimpse, glance, peek, peep, peer, squint, leer, gloat, and ogle". Additional terms with nuanced meanings include viewing, watching, eyeing, observing, beholding, and scanning. Looking is both a physical act of directing the focus of the eyes, and a psychological act of interpreting what is seen and choosing whether to continue looking at it, or to look elsewhere. Where more than one person is involved, looking may lead to eye contact between those doing the looking, which raises further implications for the relationship established through that act.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Looking

   of Look

2. Looking(adj)

   having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc

3. Looking(noun)

   the act of one who looks; a glance

4. Looking(noun)

   the manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. looking

   Verb form of the word look.

   Looking at the gentleman on the street the respect shared is such a joy to see for us all and our common humanity.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 13, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'looking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #377

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'looking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #258

How to pronounce looking?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say looking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of looking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of looking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of looking in a Sentence

1. Sacha Baron Cohen:

   I’m looking at the producer and I’m just like, ‘Am I being fooled right here?’ and I just kept looking at the guy and I was like, you’re Borat,’.

2. David Bozell:

   It hits at the core of what people are looking for.

3. Michael Douglas:

   Evangeline and Paul, they were all cool, they had their suits on and it’s all make-believe, i said, there’s nothing here, man, there’s nothing here. What are we looking at? And, so you learn all of the tricks of the trade and how to be focused.

4. Yuri Ushakov:

   We will be looking for certain breaks, windows to hold this, the most important, meeting, we have a lot of issues, which should be discussed at the highest level ... That's why this meeting, this first personal contact, is so important.

5. Steve Tyler:

   Around here, the horizon is about 100 yards away and youre looking at a tall oak tree.

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