"man look" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: man looks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} man look (plural man looks)
  1. (humorous, colloquial) A cursory search for something present that fails to locate it, stereotypically performed by men. Tags: colloquial, humorous
    Sense id: en-man_look-en-noun-jVWx6XK4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(humorous, colloquial) A cursory search for something present that fails to locate it, stereotypically performed by men."
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