"looker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlʊk.ɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlʊk.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-looker.ogg Forms: lookers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ) Etymology: From look + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|look|er|id2=agent noun}} look + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} looker (plural lookers)
  1. (literally) One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer. Tags: literally Categories (topical): People Synonyms (good-looking one): beautiful person Translations (one that looks actively): зрител (zritel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), наблюдател (nabljudatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), katsoja (Finnish), osservatore [masculine] (Italian), patrzący [masculine] (Polish) Translations (slang: good-looking one): fešák [masculine] (Czech), schoonheid (Dutch), hyvännäköinen (Finnish), komistus (Finnish), kaunotar (Finnish), canon [masculine] (French), bellezza [feminine] (Italian), meraviglia [feminine] (Italian), schianto [masculine] (Italian), kjekkas [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), snygging [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-looker-en-noun-JfZjaePb Disambiguation of People: 38 8 27 27 Disambiguation of 'good-looking one': 48 22 26 5 Disambiguation of 'one that looks actively': 69 19 5 6 Disambiguation of 'slang: good-looking one': 43 20 29 8
  2. One having a specific look or appearance. Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (one having a specific look): näky (Finnish), ilmestys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-looker-en-noun-RKvmwy5E Disambiguation of Appearance: 20 64 13 2 Disambiguation of 'one having a specific look': 20 73 5 2
  3. (slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-looker-en-noun-5onYX3jY
  4. A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing something but has no intention of doing so. Synonyms: tyre kicker
    Sense id: en-looker-en-noun-gPlfvkoU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), English terms suffixed with -er (occupation), English terms suffixed with -er (patient), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 19 3 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 23 16 5 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 25 16 9 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (patient): 24 15 10 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 12 4 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 21 3 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 18 2 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 15 6 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 11 8 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 14 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 13 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 15 6 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 13 4 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 14 7 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 16 9 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 14 6 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: good looker Related terms: looker-on, onlooker, looker-upper

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "one that looks actively",
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      "word": "hyvännäköinen"
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      "word": "komistus"
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}

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