looksee
looksee noun: brief inspection. Also the alternative form of look-see.
Noun
looksee (plural looksees)
- Brief inspection
- When you say that you will give a looksee, another looksee as you did at Andrews Field this morning, I interpreted that to mean you would give a looksee over the whole area.1959, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction Appropriations for 1960, page 909
- As Sir Roy Welensky said when introducing Mr. Macmillan to the crowds gathered in and around Salisbury's most modern cinema to hear him, Rhodesians were very glad that the British Prime Minister had come to have a “looksee" at the Federation.1960, The Spectator - Volume 204, page 165
- Lookout or scout
- Since these activities are considered illegal in the United States, young men were often used as lookouts (a.k.a. "looksees"), guards and enforcers (a.k.a. "hatchetmen") of house rules to assure smooth operations.1992, Justice quarterly - Volume 9, page 651
Also used as
looksee is also the alternative form of look-see.
Forms of looksee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | looksees |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | looksees |
| present participle | lookseeing |
| past | looksaw |
| past participle | lookseen |
Questions about looksee
- What does looksee mean?
- Looksee means brief inspection.
- What part of speech is looksee?
- Looksee is a noun.
- What is the plural of looksee?
- The plural of looksee is looksees.
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