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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-looking.ogg [US] Forms: lookings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English lokinge, lokunge, from Old English *lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung), equivalent to look + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lokinge}} Middle English lokinge, {{m|enm|lokunge}} lokunge, {{inh|en|ang|*lōcung}} Old English *lōcung, {{cog|ang|þurhlōcung}} Old English þurhlōcung, {{af|en|look|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} look + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} looking (plural lookings)
  1. The act of one who looks; a glance.
    Sense id: en-looking-en-noun-c-WdwmkW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-looking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English lokinge, lokinde, lokande, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lokinge}} Middle English lokinge, {{m|enm|lokinde}} lokinde, {{m|enm|lokande}} lokande, {{m|enm|lokende}} lokende, {{inh|en|ang|lōciende}} Old English lōciende, {{der|en|ang|lōcian|t=to look}} Old English lōcian (“to look”), {{af|en|look|-ing|id2=participial}} look + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} looking
  1. present participle and gerund of look Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: look
    Sense id: en-looking-en-verb-uCcJubq2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 90 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 12 81 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 83 17
  2. as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of. Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-looking-en-verb-aUlWNWGO Disambiguation of Appearance: 13 23 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caught looking, here's looking at you, looking glass, not see for looking, on the outside, looking in, strike out looking, what are you looking at

Noun [Middle English]

Forms: lookings [plural]
Etymology: From Old English *lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*lōcung}} Old English *lōcung, {{cog|ang|þurhlōcung}} Old English þurhlōcung Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} looking, {{enm-noun}} looking (plural lookings)
  1. The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.
    Sense id: en-looking-enm-noun-0DFtmU6g Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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      "ipa": "/ˈlʊkɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊkɪŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-looking.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/En-us-looking.ogg/En-us-looking.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/En-us-looking.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "looking"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "*lōcung"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *lōcung",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þurhlōcung"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English þurhlōcung",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English *lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lookings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "looking",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "looking (plural lookings)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "looking"
}

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