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looksy

looksy is the alternative form of look-see.

Meaning of look-see

Noun

look-see (plural look-sees)

  1. (informal) A brief examination, a peek or glance.
    • I’ve had a look-see at your work, and I think you’ve done a pretty good job of things.
  2. A person who serves as lookout or scout.
    • Once we have them localized, I can send in some look-sees to get a better idea of how many and whether there's actually a nuke in there with them.2013, Jack Campbell, The Lost Fleet
  3. An audition attended by an actor or model so that they can be visually appraised.
    • The basic use of the comp is to allow an art or casting director to select the model type needed for a particular assignment. This is generally followed by a casting call or a "look-see" for a more detailed evaluation of the models.2005, Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, page 489
    Synonyms:
    go-see

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Forms of looksy

plurallooksies

Questions about looksy

What is looksy the alternative form of?
Looksy is the alternative form of look-see.

Words near looksy in the dictionary

  1. looksmaxxers
  2. looksmaxxes
  3. looksmaxxing
  4. looksome
  5. lookswise
  6. looksy
  7. lookt
  8. lookup
  9. lookup table
  10. lookup tables
  11. lookupable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looksy (page history and authors); look-see (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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