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{
"Lookout Mountain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"ridge 2126 feet (648 meters) high in southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044910",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"Lookout, Cape":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"cape in eastern North Carolina on the Atlantic southwest of Cape Hatteras":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194837",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"loo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an old card game in which the winner of each trick or a majority of tricks takes a portion of the pool while losing players are obligated to contribute to the next pool":[],
": money staked at loo":[],
": to obligate to contribute to a new pool at loo for failing to win a trick":[],
": toilet sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1680, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1940, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun",
"short for obsolete English lanterloo , from French lanturelu twaddle":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174812",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"looby":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an awkward clumsy fellow : lubber":[]
},
"examples":[
"although he was a looby physically, he was a towering figure in mathematics"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loby":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc-b\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"butterfingers",
"dub",
"klutz",
"lubber",
"lummox"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104544",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looby-loo":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a singing game in which children move arms, legs, and head in accordance with the words of the song":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from looby-loo , meaningless syllables in the text of the song":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6l\u00fcb\u0113\u00a6l\u00fc"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213900",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"looch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of looch variant of lohoch"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-080103",
"type":[]
},
"lood":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of lood Scottish variant of loud"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcd"
],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-130829",
"type":[]
},
"looey":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lieutenant":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening & alteration":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-151155",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"look":{
"antonyms":[
"cast",
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"visage"
],
"definitions":{
": a combination of design features giving a unified appearance":[
"a new look in women's fashions"
],
": confront , face":[
"looking at a mandatory fine",
"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
],
": consider sense 1":[
"looking at the possibility of relocating"
],
": expect , anticipate":[
"we look to have a good year"
],
": explore sense 1a":[
"Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident."
],
": glance":[],
": the act of looking":[],
": the expression of the countenance":[],
": the state or form in which something appears":[],
": to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction":[
"looking forward to your visit"
],
": to ascertain by the use of one's eyes":[
"look what I brought you"
],
": to await with hope or anticipation":[
"You can look for me to arrive at noon."
],
": to bring into a place or condition by the exercise of the power of vision":[],
": to direct one's attention":[
"look upon the future with hope",
"look at the map"
],
": to direct one's attention away from something unpleasant or troublesome":[
"We can't just look the other way while these violations of human rights continue to occur."
],
": to direct one's attention to":[
"looking to the future"
],
": to direct the eyes":[
"looked up from the newspaper"
],
": to exercise the power of vision : see":[],
": to exercise the power of vision upon : examine":[],
": to express by the eyes or facial expression":[
"the friar looked his surprise",
"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
],
": to gaze in wonder or surprise : stare":[],
": to have a specified outlook":[
"the house looked east"
],
": to have an appearance that befits or accords with":[
"looks her age"
],
": to have in mind as an end":[
"looking to win back some lost profits"
],
": to have the appearance or likelihood of being : seem":[
"it looks unlikely",
"looks to be hard work"
],
": to make sure or take care (that something is done)":[
"censor to look that no man lived idly",
"\u2014 Edward Gee"
],
": to rely upon":[
"looks to reading for relaxation"
],
": to search for":[],
": to search for : seek":[
"looking for a new car"
],
": to show a tendency":[
"the evidence looks to acquittal"
],
": to take care of":[
"looked after her sick mother"
],
": to view something with arrogance, disdain, or disapproval":[
"writers who look down their noses at popular culture"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for look Verb expect , hope , look mean to await some occurrence or outcome. expect implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning. expects to be finished by Tuesday hope implies little certainty but suggests confidence or assurance in the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen. hopes to find a job soon look , with to , implies assurance that expectations will be fulfilled looks to a tidy profit from the sale ; with for it implies less assurance and suggests an attitude of expectancy and watchfulness. look for rain when the wind shifts to the northeast",
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071422",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"look (at)":{
"antonyms":[
"cast",
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"visage"
],
"definitions":{
": a combination of design features giving a unified appearance":[
"a new look in women's fashions"
],
": confront , face":[
"looking at a mandatory fine",
"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
],
": consider sense 1":[
"looking at the possibility of relocating"
],
": expect , anticipate":[
"we look to have a good year"
],
": explore sense 1a":[
"Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident."
],
": glance":[],
": the act of looking":[],
": the expression of the countenance":[],
": the state or form in which something appears":[],
": to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction":[
"looking forward to your visit"
],
": to ascertain by the use of one's eyes":[
"look what I brought you"
],
": to await with hope or anticipation":[
"You can look for me to arrive at noon."
],
": to bring into a place or condition by the exercise of the power of vision":[],
": to direct one's attention":[
"look upon the future with hope",
"look at the map"
],
": to direct one's attention away from something unpleasant or troublesome":[
"We can't just look the other way while these violations of human rights continue to occur."
],
": to direct one's attention to":[
"looking to the future"
],
": to direct the eyes":[
"looked up from the newspaper"
],
": to exercise the power of vision : see":[],
": to exercise the power of vision upon : examine":[],
": to express by the eyes or facial expression":[
"the friar looked his surprise",
"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
],
": to gaze in wonder or surprise : stare":[],
": to have a specified outlook":[
"the house looked east"
],
": to have an appearance that befits or accords with":[
"looks her age"
],
": to have in mind as an end":[
"looking to win back some lost profits"
],
": to have the appearance or likelihood of being : seem":[
"it looks unlikely",
"looks to be hard work"
],
": to make sure or take care (that something is done)":[
"censor to look that no man lived idly",
"\u2014 Edward Gee"
],
": to rely upon":[
"looks to reading for relaxation"
],
": to search for":[],
": to search for : seek":[
"looking for a new car"
],
": to show a tendency":[
"the evidence looks to acquittal"
],
": to take care of":[
"looked after her sick mother"
],
": to view something with arrogance, disdain, or disapproval":[
"writers who look down their noses at popular culture"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for look Verb expect , hope , look mean to await some occurrence or outcome. expect implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning. expects to be finished by Tuesday hope implies little certainty but suggests confidence or assurance in the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen. hopes to find a job soon look , with to , implies assurance that expectations will be fulfilled looks to a tidy profit from the sale ; with for it implies less assurance and suggests an attitude of expectancy and watchfulness. look for rain when the wind shifts to the northeast",
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211035",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"look (into)":{
"antonyms":[
"cast",
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"visage"
],
"definitions":{
": a combination of design features giving a unified appearance":[
"a new look in women's fashions"
],
": confront , face":[
"looking at a mandatory fine",
"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
],
": consider sense 1":[
"looking at the possibility of relocating"
],
": expect , anticipate":[
"we look to have a good year"
],
": explore sense 1a":[
"Investigators are looking into the cause of the accident."
],
": glance":[],
": the act of looking":[],
": the expression of the countenance":[],
": the state or form in which something appears":[],
": to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction":[
"looking forward to your visit"
],
": to ascertain by the use of one's eyes":[
"look what I brought you"
],
": to await with hope or anticipation":[
"You can look for me to arrive at noon."
],
": to bring into a place or condition by the exercise of the power of vision":[],
": to direct one's attention":[
"look upon the future with hope",
"look at the map"
],
": to direct one's attention away from something unpleasant or troublesome":[
"We can't just look the other way while these violations of human rights continue to occur."
],
": to direct one's attention to":[
"looking to the future"
],
": to direct the eyes":[
"looked up from the newspaper"
],
": to exercise the power of vision : see":[],
": to exercise the power of vision upon : examine":[],
": to express by the eyes or facial expression":[
"the friar looked his surprise",
"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
],
": to gaze in wonder or surprise : stare":[],
": to have a specified outlook":[
"the house looked east"
],
": to have an appearance that befits or accords with":[
"looks her age"
],
": to have in mind as an end":[
"looking to win back some lost profits"
],
": to have the appearance or likelihood of being : seem":[
"it looks unlikely",
"looks to be hard work"
],
": to make sure or take care (that something is done)":[
"censor to look that no man lived idly",
"\u2014 Edward Gee"
],
": to rely upon":[
"looks to reading for relaxation"
],
": to search for":[],
": to search for : seek":[
"looking for a new car"
],
": to show a tendency":[
"the evidence looks to acquittal"
],
": to take care of":[
"looked after her sick mother"
],
": to view something with arrogance, disdain, or disapproval":[
"writers who look down their noses at popular culture"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Lebeau says that nightmare forced him to take a hard look at his own past, just as the character of agent Palmer has to face his own formative years while working the case in his Massachusetts hometown. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 July 2022",
"Those who think the Bristol Bay fishery is being taken over by Outside fishermen need to take a look at some of the old fishermen lists. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 3 July 2022",
"Did Ainge take a look at what was happening here and decide there is no way forward for the Jazz with the combination of Mitchell and Gobert",
"Recent rains had filled the ponds at the mine that allow sediment to settle out of the water, but Walls couldn\u2019t easily take a look because they were surrounded by private property. \u2014 Michael Phillis And Julio Cortez, Baltimore Sun , 1 July 2022",
"Plus, eager shoppers can take a look at last year's best Amazon Prime Day beauty sales to get a head start on their carts. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 1 July 2022",
"Take a look at our favorite travel systems or booster seats. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"Take a look at the prevalence of the conditions below. \u2014 Patrick Donegan, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Couch\u2019s partner, where the Supreme Court ordered the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to take another look at the case. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 30 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8lu\u0307k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for look Verb expect , hope , look mean to await some occurrence or outcome. expect implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning. expects to be finished by Tuesday hope implies little certainty but suggests confidence or assurance in the possibility that what one desires or longs for will happen. hopes to find a job soon look , with to , implies assurance that expectations will be fulfilled looks to a tidy profit from the sale ; with for it implies less assurance and suggests an attitude of expectancy and watchfulness. look for rain when the wind shifts to the northeast",
"synonyms":[
"act",
"appear",
"come across (as)",
"come off (as)",
"feel",
"make",
"seem",
"sound"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092432",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"look (on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": watch sense 3b":[
"looked on anxiously from the sidelines"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1568, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181348",
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"Upstairs is an attic that served as a barracks and a lookout . \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"Be on the lookout for air purifiers that automatically assess the air quality in your space and adjust the speed of filtration accordingly. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022"
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"Upstairs is an attic that served as a barracks and a lookout . \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"By the end of the day, the lookout had been visited by several dozen birders and a flock of 60 chatty middle-schoolers. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
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"The hack worked because the unique transaction assigned to each lookup was predictable enough that attackers could include it in fake responses. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 3 May 2022",
"The Plus version costs $3.99 per month per line and adds caller ID, reverse number lookup , and additional nuisance call controls. \u2014 Simon Hill, Wired , 12 Mar. 2022",
"The first step is to determine who the current owner and administrator of your domain is through what is known as a \u2018WHOIS\u2019 lookup . \u2014 Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
"His background is unclear, but a domain lookup shows sergeydev[.]com is registered to a person in Poland named Sergey Bronovsky. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 23 Feb. 2022",
"The images use a domain name system leak detection service called dnslog.cn to see if the target cloud service is performing a DNS lookup . \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Dec. 2021",
"If the contact details aren\u2019t clear, as might be the case with really old pages, one starting point is to check the web registration details through a WHOIS lookup . \u2014 Matt Burgess, Wired , 3 Jan. 2022",
"The lookup volume for the word was high when coronavirus vaccines were first developed and rolled out across the country \u2014 but also increased amid debates around vaccination mandates. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021",
"To find out when a website was created, simply plug the URL into the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers\u2019 lookup tool. \u2014 Nerd Wallet, oregonlive , 15 Nov. 2021",
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"Thanks for giving my boys someone to look up to not only as a basketball player, but as a great human being. \u2014 Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 July 2022",
"Planets, innumerable twinkling stars and bright meteors are good reasons to look up . \u2014 Lisa Davis, USA TODAY , 26 June 2022",
"Night sky watchers in North America have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending around 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast as the best times to look up . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 30 May 2022",
"The manual is where people go to look up the laws in the state. \u2014 Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022",
"Rumor has it that both a meteor shower at the end of May and a total lunar eclipse in the middle of the month will tempt us to look up safely and ponder the light and dark of our vast universe. \u2014 Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland , 10 May 2022",
"Two Valley renters with past evictions said finding a place to move has been next to impossible once property managers look up their backgrounds. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Players use them to speed gameplay, while Dungeon Masters can look up information scattered over multiple print books in a moment\u2019s notice. \u2014 Rob Wieland, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Either someone is watching a movie or TV show featuring a past winner and decides to go look up their big moment, or it\u2019s someone just looking for a pick-me-up (see Andres, who can\u2019t finish his math homework). \u2014 Brian Moylan, Town & Country , 23 Mar. 2022"
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"always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The internet\u2019s prizing of authenticity has gone through the looking glass . \u2014 Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic , 17 June 2022",
"In the most consumptive nation on Earth, Black Friday in the U.S. has long been viewed as the ultimate looking glass , reflecting all that is good, bad and so-so about the world\u2019s largest economy. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Nov. 2021",
"The work Water Wise Gulf South and its initiatives have accomplished through partnerships with local neighborhood associations is a looking glass into how Americans are coping with crises. \u2014 Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
"Gutfeld, though, is not just Seth Meyers through the looking glass . \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
"And most importantly, if the skies are clear, every program includes the romance of putting your eye up to the looking glass . \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
"To watch is to gaze through the Kremlin\u2019s looking glass . \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Mar. 2022",
"To read or view the manipulative domestic coverage of the assault on Ukraine is to walk through a looking glass into a propagandist world of Russian heroes and Ukrainian nationalist villains. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
"This film feels like a \u2018through the looking glass \u2019 moment for Batman himself. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 4 Mar. 2022"
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": prejudice or discrimination based on physical appearance and especially physical appearance believed to fall short of societal notions of beauty":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Even newborn babies prefer attractive to nonattractive faces, which means lookism may be genetic, said Michael Cunningham, a psychologist and expert on the dynamics of attraction at the University of Louisville. \u2014 Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com , 11 July 2018"
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Noun",
"The troops posted a lookout for the night.",
"The mountain road had several lookouts where you could enjoy the view.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked doctors to be on the lookout for the seemingly rare, but increasingly reported phenomenon. \u2014 Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News , 29 June 2022",
"Upstairs is an attic that served as a barracks and a lookout . \u2014 John Malathronas, CNN , 17 Jan. 2022",
"After a lookout bulletin was issued, Vestavia Hills police spotted the vehicle and tried to stop it. \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 12 Oct. 2021",
"By the end of the day, the lookout had been visited by several dozen birders and a flock of 60 chatty middle-schoolers. \u2014 Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Mar. 2021",
"Wildlife biologists have been on the lookout for the bird and had equipment and a plan to catch it and move it to a wildlife sanctuary. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"Keep on the lookout for special events like Super Monster Movie Fest. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 15 June 2022",
"Drivers heading up the Pacific Coast should be on the lookout for the town of Mendocino, where a gallon now costs $9.60. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
"Be on the lookout for air purifiers that automatically assess the air quality in your space and adjust the speed of filtration accordingly. \u2014 Will Briskin, Popular Mechanics , 10 June 2022"
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"\u2014 Cindy Kilass"
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],
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"\u2014 Robert Brennan"
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],
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],
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"looks to be hard work"
],
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"\u2014 Edward Gee"
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": to rely upon":[
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": to search for : seek":[
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],
": to show a tendency":[
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],
": to take care of":[
"looked after her sick mother"
],
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"writers who look down their noses at popular culture"
]
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"Verb",
"He looked straight ahead and kept walking.",
"When you take a walk, look around you.",
"She smiled at me and then looked away.",
"He looked back the way he had come.",
"Look both ways before you cross the street.",
"When I finally reached the top I was afraid to look down.",
"She looked from one person to the next.",
"They looked off into the distance.",
"He was looking over his shoulder.",
"Her new haircut makes her look young.",
"Noun",
"I don't think you left it here, but I'll take a look around for it.",
"I took a quick look , but he wasn't there.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This is a good time to look around the landscape and garden and do a bit of summer maintenance. \u2014 Chris Mckeown, The Enquirer , 2 July 2022",
"Crypto fundraising is much like the real-world kind \u2014 the skill lies in knowing where to look (and whom to thank). \u2014 Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"Those viral proteins look very similar to some proteins in the pancreas, and damage to the pancreas by the immune system can eventually prevent the body from processing glucose normally. \u2014 Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic , 2 July 2022",
"Here, Pinto opens her personal camera roll to T&C to share a behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Malcolm\u2019s List, and the moments that didn\u2019t make it on screen. \u2014 Adam Rathe, Town & Country , 1 July 2022",
"As most of the cast cheers \u2014 and a few of them look confused \u2014 the 30-time host goes on to explain a little bit more about how the game will work. \u2014 Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"Overall other controls have a very premium look and feel including the knurling on the central control knob and volume roller as well as door handles and seat controls. \u2014 Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Kishi V2's joysticks look and feel identical to those found on a Switch Joy-Con, right down to the tiny notches in each cardinal direction. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 June 2022",
"To understand how the clouds form, researchers need to look at the diversity of the cloud features in the Jovian atmosphere and create a catalogue of them. \u2014 Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics , 27 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Acielle Tanbetova is backstage at the Paris spring 2023 menswear shows to get a first look at all of the accessory, beauty, and clothing trends at Givenchy, Y/Project, Dior Mens, Rick Owens, and more. \u2014 Acielle / Style Du Monde, Vogue , 22 June 2022",
"Higher Ground \u2014 Barack and Michelle Obama's production company \u2014 signed an exclusive multi-year first- look production deal with Audible, Amazon's audiobook and podcast service. \u2014 Frank Pallotta, CNN , 22 June 2022",
"The deal follows Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer\u2019s New Republic Pictures signing a first- look deal for film and TV with the Jude Law- and Ben Jackson-run banner. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
"Billy Porter has signed a first look deal with FX Productions to develop new content through his production company Incognegro with his producing partner D.J. Gugenheim. \u2014 Selome Hailu, Variety , 22 June 2022",
"As a result of the deal, Audible will have exclusive first- look rights to all podcasts created by Higher Ground, the production company that the Obamas created in 2018. \u2014 Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Barack and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company, Higher Ground, has signed an exclusive, multiyear, worldwide first- look deal with Amazon subsidiary Audible, the audio content company announced Tuesday. \u2014 Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
"But the first serious look at the Australian language, by Sidney Baker, a New Zealander, came out in 1945. \u2014 New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Edwards shared a series of photos of the romantic beach proposal \u2014 and a first look at her engagement ring \u2014 on Instagram. \u2014 Ashley Iasimone, Billboard , 18 June 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"Middle English, from Old English l\u014dcian ; akin to Old Saxon l\u014dc\u014dn to look":"Verb and Noun"
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"sound"
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],
": to take shape as an impending occurrence":[
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.",
"The mountains loom above the valley."
],
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"She was a critic who loomed large in literary circles."
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"Storm clouds loomed on the horizon.",
"The mountains loom above the valley."
],
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"verb"
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},
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"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[
"Every family includes someone who's a little loony .",
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, during the team\u2019s victory parade down Market Street, Klay added to his loony legacy. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"That was them \u2014 and one farting-corpse feature film later, Daniels have made a name for themselves as go-to absurdists with a love of loony FX, dark comedy and some odd, left-turn swerves into pathos. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Are White, a film that abounds in lovely oddities and gently loony surprises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag\u2014a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. \u2014 Christina Binkley, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Ragtime goes wrong from the opening credits when Forman skips Scott Joplin syncopation for a loony Twyla Tharp waltz. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And even after a loony back-and-forth against the Utes, in Salt Lake City. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The Cadets' Greatest Hits,'' which includes their wonderfully loony ''Stranded In The Jungle'' and 22 more of their ballads, novelty numbers, and stomping West Coast rock and roll. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Even so, Trump continued to demand that the department investigate a variety of loony conspiracies, including a plot to erase Trump votes using Italian military satellites. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021"
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
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"fool",
"foolish",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
"kookie",
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"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
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"stupid",
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"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
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"noun",
"noun,"
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},
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"antonyms":[
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"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"definitions":{
": loony":[]
},
"examples":[
"anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes . \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Some of the Eckhardt's best moments, the ones that made his loony tunes character relatable, were Hauser ad libs. \u2014 Dante A. Ciampaglia, Newsweek , 17 Jan. 2018"
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"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
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"batty",
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"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
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"daft",
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"deranged",
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"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
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"loony",
"looney",
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"mad",
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"maniac",
"mental",
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"meshuggah",
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"psycho",
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"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
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"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
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"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[
"Every family includes someone who's a little loony .",
"that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On Monday, during the team\u2019s victory parade down Market Street, Klay added to his loony legacy. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 June 2022",
"That was them \u2014 and one farting-corpse feature film later, Daniels have made a name for themselves as go-to absurdists with a love of loony FX, dark comedy and some odd, left-turn swerves into pathos. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Are White, a film that abounds in lovely oddities and gently loony surprises. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
"At 51, Hartig is more the fun, loony uncle than the mischievous scalawag\u2014a somewhat shy eccentric with angst disguised as devil-may-care. \u2014 Christina Binkley, Town & Country , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Ragtime goes wrong from the opening credits when Forman skips Scott Joplin syncopation for a loony Twyla Tharp waltz. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
"And even after a loony back-and-forth against the Utes, in Salt Lake City. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 18 Sep. 2021",
"The Cadets' Greatest Hits,'' which includes their wonderfully loony ''Stranded In The Jungle'' and 22 more of their ballads, novelty numbers, and stomping West Coast rock and roll. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 3 Aug. 2021",
"Even so, Trump continued to demand that the department investigate a variety of loony conspiracies, including a plot to erase Trump votes using Italian military satellites. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 2 Aug. 2021"
],
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
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"foolish",
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"whacky",
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"zany"
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"noun",
"noun,"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"balanced",
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"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"definitions":{
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},
"examples":[
"anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Then, the 130-pounders started their combat, and Cecelia went loony tunes . \u2014 Star Tribune , 19 Dec. 2020",
"Some of the Eckhardt's best moments, the ones that made his loony tunes character relatable, were Hauser ad libs. \u2014 Dante A. Ciampaglia, Newsweek , 17 Jan. 2018"
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"loony",
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"maniac",
"mental",
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"meshugge",
"meshugah",
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"nutty",
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"screwy",
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"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
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},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The road loops around the pond.",
"The necklace is long enough to loop twice around my neck.",
"She looped a string around her finger.",
"He sat with his arms looped around his knees.",
"The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single.",
"The batter hit a looping single to left field.",
"The batter looped a single to left field.",
"The quarterback looped a pass downfield."
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"Middle English loupe ; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer":"Noun"
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"\u02c8l\u00fcp"
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"I took one look at her and knew she was looped .",
"I must've been looped when I agreed to work as a tiger exerciser at the zoo.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The surface of the carpet, made up of looped carpet fibers. \u2014 Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens , 16 June 2022",
"On a ridge in Idaho that acts as a stopover for migrating birds, the team set up a half-mile corridor of speakers that played looped recordings of passing cars. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 June 2022",
"Prosecutors said the couple poured hot sauce on Anthony\u2019s face and mouth, whipped the boy with a looped cord and belt, and held him upside down and repeatedly dropped him on his head. \u2014 Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
"How to do it: Fold an exercise band in half and grasp it six to 12 inches from the looped end. \u2014 Esther Smith, Outside Online , 8 Aug. 2021",
"The artist Taja Cheek creates music out of looped sounds and voice recordings from her life. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"At Collina Strada, model Indira Scott\u2019s signature cascade of plaits were slung into a looped , gravity-defying updo. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Having a flat, looped track would allow children pursuing track and field to have a place to practice when school is out, Ashworth said. \u2014 Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Each partner will wrap both hands around the end of a looped yoga strap (a bathrobe belt will also work). \u2014 Jen Murphy, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022"
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"\u02c8l\u00fcpt"
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"blasted",
"blind",
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"blotto",
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"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
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"high",
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"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
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"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
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"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
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"blast",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"squeeze off"
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"stay loose"
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"spend loose funds wisely"
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"a loose tooth"
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"loose brushwork",
"loose usage"
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"a loose puck"
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],
": not solid : watery":[
"loose stools"
],
": not tight-fitting":[
"loose clothing"
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": not tightly drawn or stretched : slack":[
"a loose belt"
],
": permitting freedom of interpretation":[
"a loose construction of the Constitution"
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": produced freely and accompanied by raising of mucus":[
"a loose cough"
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"\u2014 George Eliot"
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": to let loose (see loose entry 1 ) : release":[
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": to make loose : untie":[
"loose a knot"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"Some of the shingles on the roof were loose .",
"The rope was tied in a loose knot.",
"The nails had been pried loose .",
"Some of the shingles had come loose .",
"The boat came loose from its moorings and floated out into the harbor.",
"The ball popped loose from the shortstop's glove.",
"loose reins on a horse",
"She was wearing a loose dress.",
"The dog was wandering loose in the streets.",
"Verb",
"The soldiers loosed a volley of rifle fire.",
"the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Police were alerted at about 4 a.m. that horses Luigi and Lozeau cut loose from their paddock on a small family farm off Bamforth Road, police spokesman Lt. Robert Marra said. \u2014 Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant , 25 May 2022",
"The area where the fall happened was described as very unstable, with very loose soil, and no fencing in the area, CBS Los Angeles reported. \u2014 CBS News , 23 May 2022",
"Tens of thousands of such employees will be cut loose into an economy where inflation is at a 20-year-high, and where diverse, flourishing jobs were hard to find even before the Ukraine war. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 16 May 2022",
"But Trump is almost alone among prominent Republicans in trying to save the career of Rep. Madison Cawthorn in a race where the state's two U.S. senators have abandoned him and where many of his House colleagues are ready to cut him loose . \u2014 Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News , 13 May 2022",
"Don Anderson, 1985, No. 32: The former Purdue player appeared in 5 games as a rookie for the Colts before being cut loose due to injuries. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Gebbia, bouncing back from a torn hamstring, can cut loose for the first time since suffering the injury in November of 2020. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 Apr. 2022",
"The actor hasn\u2019t landed a role in a major studio film since 2019, when Warner Bros. cut him loose from Fantastic Beasts. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 12 Apr. 2022",
"He was cut loose in February on probation, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. \u2014 Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Maybe a week-long look in the mirror could jostle loose some new sense of hope heading into the season\u2019s second half. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 23 Oct. 2021",
"And in her final, climactic lines, Jesse\u2019s mother lets loose her pain in a series of run-ons, making the formlessness of her constant grief at once visible and physical. \u2014 Robert Rubsam, The New Republic , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Finding dead end streets, eating at random restaurants, observing the jacaranda trees loose their purple flowers. \u2014 Gael Couturier, Outside Online , 27 Mar. 2019",
"But as Badr briefly lowered his hands in an apparent attempt to put his shoes on, one of the officers let loose a police dog, which sunk its teeth into Badr\u2019s arm and continued to grip it for close to a minute, causing Badr to scream in agony. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 Jan. 2022",
"By filling an energy meter, which replenishes automatically over time, Mario, or one of the gang, can let loose a power shot that can send a ball hurtling to the faraway green. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 July 2021",
"When Minder explained the situation to his client, the man let loose a string of expletives. \u2014 Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker , 31 May 2021",
"Vast plumes of smoke and debris were thrown up into the air as US B-52 bombers and fighter jets let loose a seemingly endless barrage of missiles. \u2014 James Griffiths, CNN , 15 May 2021",
"Most evergreens lose their previous year\u2019s needles in the fall but some loose them in the spring and summer. \u2014 oregonlive , 2 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The star posed at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles for the premiere of Hulu's Candy wearing a breezy white tank paired with loose -fitting, wide-leg trousers that had a raw hemline. \u2014 Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"Rob Kardashian wore a loose -fitting, untucked black dress shirt on the stand. \u2014 Andrew Dalton, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Several drivers were rescued Sunday evening from debris flowing on the highway when hillsides burned bare by last year\u2019s enormous Dixie Fire came loose . \u2014 Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
"Beyond the overall look, heat mapping functionality allows users to zoom in to see where garments will fit loose or come up tight. \u2014 Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"It is still being renovated, light fixtures hanging loose from the ceiling. \u2014 New York Times , 26 May 2022",
"The war to end all wars certainly did not, instead setting loose a century of geopolitical confusion, violence and misery that plagues us to this day. \u2014 Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 May 2022",
"That evening, Olsen was dressed in black trousers, a loose -fitting blazer, purple socks, and brown loafers. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"The Skin Cancer Foundation encourages loose -fitting gear because when tighter fitting clothes stretch, the fibers pull away from each other and allow more UV light to pass through. \u2014 Sarah Madaus, SELF , 2 May 2022"
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
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"Middle English lous , from Old Norse lauss ; akin to Old High German l\u014ds loose \u2014 more at -less":"Adjective, Verb, and Adverb"
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"\u02c8l\u00fcs"
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"\u2014 Felix Carroll",
"Texting freed a generation from the strictures and inconvenience (and awkwardness) of phone calls, while allowing people to be more loosely and constantly connected.",
"\u2014 Jenna Wortham",
"The novel is loosely based on the life of Georgia O'Keeffe.",
"Loosely translated from Japanese, umami means delicious or yummy.",
"\u2014 N. Seppa"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u02c8l\u00fcs-l\u0113"
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"tension",
"tighten"
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"\u2014 often used with up loosened the rules"
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"He used a spade to loosen the soil.",
"She loosened the cake from the sides of the pan.",
"After eating so much I had to loosen my belt.",
"When the meeting was over he loosened his tie.",
"One of the screws had loosened a bit and had to be tightened.",
"Each generation seems to loosen the established standards of behavior.",
"Standards of behavior seem to be loosening everywhere.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The water seeps underneath the shell and helps loosen its grip on the soft white within. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"This year's guest list also underscores how some leaders inside the establishment wing of the Republican Party and their allies on the right are increasingly eager to move on from Trump and loosen his grip on the conservative movement. \u2014 Robert Costa, CBS News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Consider my recent trip into Portugal's Alentejo region just as the COVID delta variant was starting to loosen its grip on Europe. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The pandemic's refusal to loosen its grip over the first year of his presidency hammered his reputation for competence. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"But Hamdok resigned on Sunday, after the military refused to loosen its grip on power. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"To combat heat exhaustion, move to a cool place, loosen your clothes, put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath and sip water. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 June 2022",
"Here's what didn\u2019t happen: All the flesh on my face did not loosen and fall off my cheekbones, leaving me looking instantly elderly. \u2014 Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Executives and analysts say the situation could worsen because there are no plans to add significant refining capacity, and fuel demand will grow throughout the summer as drivers hit the road and more economies loosen Covid-19 restrictions. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 28 May 2022"
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an"
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"verb"
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"asked the school administrators to loosen up the rules on what can be printed on T-shirts",
"a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends"
],
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"1922, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"verb"
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"Drinking alcohol can loosen your tongue ."
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]
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"asked the school administrators to loosen up the rules on what can be printed on T-shirts",
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"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
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"He used a spade to loosen the soil.",
"She loosened the cake from the sides of the pan.",
"After eating so much I had to loosen my belt.",
"When the meeting was over he loosened his tie.",
"One of the screws had loosened a bit and had to be tightened.",
"Each generation seems to loosen the established standards of behavior.",
"Standards of behavior seem to be loosening everywhere.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The water seeps underneath the shell and helps loosen its grip on the soft white within. \u2014 Andy Baraghani, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
"This year's guest list also underscores how some leaders inside the establishment wing of the Republican Party and their allies on the right are increasingly eager to move on from Trump and loosen his grip on the conservative movement. \u2014 Robert Costa, CBS News , 6 Mar. 2022",
"Consider my recent trip into Portugal's Alentejo region just as the COVID delta variant was starting to loosen its grip on Europe. \u2014 Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY , 12 Feb. 2022",
"The pandemic's refusal to loosen its grip over the first year of his presidency hammered his reputation for competence. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
"But Hamdok resigned on Sunday, after the military refused to loosen its grip on power. \u2014 Conor Finnegan, ABC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
"To combat heat exhaustion, move to a cool place, loosen your clothes, put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath and sip water. \u2014 Emily Deletter, The Enquirer , 12 June 2022",
"Here's what didn\u2019t happen: All the flesh on my face did not loosen and fall off my cheekbones, leaving me looking instantly elderly. \u2014 Stephanie Dolgoff, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"Executives and analysts say the situation could worsen because there are no plans to add significant refining capacity, and fuel demand will grow throughout the summer as drivers hit the road and more economies loosen Covid-19 restrictions. \u2014 Peter Santilli, WSJ , 28 May 2022"
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"\u02c8l\u00fc-s\u1d4an"
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"ease",
"relax",
"slack",
"slacken"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"-s(\u1d4a)n\u0259(r)"
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"maraud",
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"plunder",
"ransack",
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"\u2014 Langston Hughes"
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},
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"Noun",
"After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.",
"The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery.",
"He made a lot of loot selling cars.",
"Verb",
"The soldiers were looting every house that they came to.",
"Soldiers swept through the territory, looting , burning, and killing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moreover, the rest of the loot will go to the town of Adak. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"Going along with Blizzard\u2019s season-long plans, battle passes will be replacing Overwatch\u2019s loot boxes, providing players a way to pay for rare cosmetic items and other rewards. \u2014 Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Officials in some jurisdictions are scrutinizing loot boxes, which are banned in Belgium. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Still, loot boxes generated more than $15 billion in 2020. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"Dorit says one of the intruders was grabbing the loot and asking for watches and cash. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"After a few seconds of battling back the mob, the woman dropped her bags and the pigs absconded with their loot . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"But the two men didn\u2019t initially realize that a GPS device in their loot allowed police to track them turn by turn. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"The thing is, there's a massive community of players out there who don't know these tricks or even have great loot to take on the challenge. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unlike, say, Amy Wild ( Indy Lewis ), who has a romantic view of her father Frank\u2019s work and will be cruelly disillusioned, after helping her father raise the La Fortuna loot from the floor of the Atlantic. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Massey was later captured on surveillance video helping to loot and destroy four businesses, including a West Loop cellphone store and the Windy City Cannabis marijuana dispensary on the Near North Side. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"In 2019, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban loot boxes in games aimed at players under 18. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"To loot the tomb, Bushman quickly resorts to violence, killing the lead archaeologist and others. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On Thursday, the US Treasury Department placed sanctions on the digital wallet the hackers used to loot the funds from Ronin Network. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng is most likely the only person who will face trial in the United States in connection with a scheme to loot billions from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. \u2014 Matthew Goldstein, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"New YorkFormer Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of conspiring to violate an anti-corruption law to help loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB development fund. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But in reality, the app is a malicious program designed to loot the cryptocurrency funds of users, Trezor parent company SatoshiLabs warned in a blog post. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"circa 1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu l\u016b\u1e6d ; akin to Sanskrit lu\u1e47\u1e6dati he plunders":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fct"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loot Noun spoil , plunder , booty , prize , loot mean something taken from another by force or craft. spoil , more commonly spoils , applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest. the spoils of political victory plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling. a bootlegger's plunder booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates. thieves dividing up their booty prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy. the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe. picked through the ruins for loot",
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032827",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"lootsman":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": remora":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fctsm\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"modification of Dutch loodsmannetje , diminutive of loodsman pilot, from Middle Dutch, from Middle English lodesman , from lodes (gen of lode course) + man":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164117"
},
"looper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of the usually rather small hairless caterpillars that are mostly larvae of moths (families Geometridae and Noctuidae) and move with a looping motion in which the hind prolegs draw the posterior body toward the front followed by forward extension by the anterior legs":[],
": one that loops":[],
": caddie":[
"Playing golf with a caddie can be one of the best experiences in golf. Or, it can be one of the worst. It all depends on your looper and your attitude.",
"\u2014 Golf Magazine"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fc-p\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The mob takes advantage of this opportunity by sending their targets into the past, where the looper is waiting to take them out. \u2014 Will Harris, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"The short-term plan is for the partnership to continue throughout the summer then find Piot a new looper when Ellis gets back to the college golf season in the fall. \u2014 Tom Lang, Detroit Free Press , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Rosario singled also had a brain cramp in the first inning of Game 3, getting a terrible read on Albies\u2019 looper to shallow center and getting doubled off second in the first inning. \u2014 Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Hudson Beamon sent a high looper toward center field that looked like a short wedge at Torrey Pines South. \u2014 Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2021",
"How ironic that Minneapolis drummer/keyboardist/ looper Martin Dosh \u2014 known for his innovative one-man performances \u2014 spent much of the pandemic working with other musicians (virtually) on his first Dosh studio album in eight years. \u2014 Jon Bream, Star Tribune , 27 May 2021",
"This has a goggles strap looper portion that will clip it in. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 26 May 2021",
"On Thursday, violinist- looper and vocalist Joe Kye will perform at 2 p.m., and on Friday, Swiggle Mandela will perform at 4 p.m. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2021",
"Opitz hits a looper right over the shortstop for the first hit of the game. \u2014 Seth Campbell, Arkansas Online , 24 Apr. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1731, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060937"
},
"lootie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that engages in looting or marauding":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fct\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"lootie from Hindi l\u016b\u1e6d\u012b , from l\u016b\u1e6d; lootiewallah from Hindi l\u016b\u1e6d\u012bw\u0101l\u0101 , from l\u016b\u1e6d\u012b + -w\u0101l\u0101 man":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131629"
},
"look askance at":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to be doubtful about":[
"Most scientists looked askance at the new discovery."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-153332"
},
"looting":{
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": goods usually of considerable value taken in war : spoils":[
"The soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find."
],
": something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: such as":[],
": something appropriated illegally often by force or violence":[
"the thieves' loot"
],
": illicit gains by public officials":[],
": money":[
"would not \u2026 spend all that loot on her",
"\u2014 Langston Hughes"
],
": the action of looting":[
"general loot of church land",
"\u2014 Hilaire Belloc"
],
": to plunder or sack in war":[],
": to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption":[],
": to seize and carry away by force especially in war":[],
": to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fct"
],
"synonyms":[
"booty",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag"
],
"antonyms":[
"despoil",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for loot Noun spoil , plunder , booty , prize , loot mean something taken from another by force or craft. spoil , more commonly spoils , applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest. the spoils of political victory plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling. a bootlegger's plunder booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates. thieves dividing up their booty prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy. the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe. picked through the ruins for loot",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.",
"The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery.",
"He made a lot of loot selling cars.",
"Verb",
"The soldiers were looting every house that they came to.",
"Soldiers swept through the territory, looting , burning, and killing.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Moreover, the rest of the loot will go to the town of Adak. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 30 June 2022",
"Going along with Blizzard\u2019s season-long plans, battle passes will be replacing Overwatch\u2019s loot boxes, providing players a way to pay for rare cosmetic items and other rewards. \u2014 Teddy Amenabar, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
"Officials in some jurisdictions are scrutinizing loot boxes, which are banned in Belgium. \u2014 Kris Holt, Forbes , 13 June 2022",
"Still, loot boxes generated more than $15 billion in 2020. \u2014 David Meyer, Fortune , 31 May 2022",
"Dorit says one of the intruders was grabbing the loot and asking for watches and cash. \u2014 Erin Jensen, USA TODAY , 12 May 2022",
"After a few seconds of battling back the mob, the woman dropped her bags and the pigs absconded with their loot . \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"But the two men didn\u2019t initially realize that a GPS device in their loot allowed police to track them turn by turn. \u2014 Danielle Wallace, Fox News , 12 May 2022",
"The thing is, there's a massive community of players out there who don't know these tricks or even have great loot to take on the challenge. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Unlike, say, Amy Wild ( Indy Lewis ), who has a romantic view of her father Frank\u2019s work and will be cruelly disillusioned, after helping her father raise the La Fortuna loot from the floor of the Atlantic. \u2014 John Anderson, WSJ , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Massey was later captured on surveillance video helping to loot and destroy four businesses, including a West Loop cellphone store and the Windy City Cannabis marijuana dispensary on the Near North Side. \u2014 Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"In 2019, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill that would ban loot boxes in games aimed at players under 18. \u2014 Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"To loot the tomb, Bushman quickly resorts to violence, killing the lead archaeologist and others. \u2014 Men's Health , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On Thursday, the US Treasury Department placed sanctions on the digital wallet the hackers used to loot the funds from Ronin Network. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Roger Ng is most likely the only person who will face trial in the United States in connection with a scheme to loot billions from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. \u2014 Matthew Goldstein, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"New YorkFormer Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng was convicted by a U.S. jury on Friday of conspiring to violate an anti-corruption law to help loot hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB development fund. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 8 Apr. 2022",
"But in reality, the app is a malicious program designed to loot the cryptocurrency funds of users, Trezor parent company SatoshiLabs warned in a blog post. \u2014 Michael Kan, PCMAG , 4 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu l\u016b\u1e6d ; akin to Sanskrit lu\u1e47\u1e6dati he plunders":"Noun and Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173102"
},
"loops":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked":[],
": such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament":[],
": something shaped like or suggestive of a loop":[],
": a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane":[],
": a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch":[],
": a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously":[],
": a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images":[
"a drum loop"
],
": a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached":[],
": a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making":[
"out of the policy loop"
],
": a closed electric circuit":[],
": a sports league":[],
": into a state of amazement, confusion, or distress":[
"the news threw us for a loop"
],
": to make or form a loop":[],
": to move in loops or in an arc":[],
": to execute a loop in an airplane":[],
": to make a loop in, on, or about":[],
": to fasten with a loop":[],
": to cause to move in an arc":[],
": to join (two courses of loops) in knitting":[],
": to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loop":[],
": loophole sense 2a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The road loops around the pond.",
"The necklace is long enough to loop twice around my neck.",
"She looped a string around her finger.",
"He sat with his arms looped around his knees.",
"The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single.",
"The batter hit a looping single to left field.",
"The batter looped a single to left field.",
"The quarterback looped a pass downfield."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loupe , of unknown origin":"Noun",
"Middle English loupe ; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1832, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173627"
},
"looping":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked":[],
": such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament":[],
": something shaped like or suggestive of a loop":[],
": a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane":[],
": a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch":[],
": a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously":[],
": a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images":[
"a drum loop"
],
": a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached":[],
": a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making":[
"out of the policy loop"
],
": a closed electric circuit":[],
": a sports league":[],
": into a state of amazement, confusion, or distress":[
"the news threw us for a loop"
],
": to make or form a loop":[],
": to move in loops or in an arc":[],
": to execute a loop in an airplane":[],
": to make a loop in, on, or about":[],
": to fasten with a loop":[],
": to cause to move in an arc":[],
": to join (two courses of loops) in knitting":[],
": to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loop":[],
": loophole sense 2a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8l\u00fcp"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The road loops around the pond.",
"The necklace is long enough to loop twice around my neck.",
"She looped a string around her finger.",
"He sat with his arms looped around his knees.",
"The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single.",
"The batter hit a looping single to left field.",
"The batter looped a single to left field.",
"The quarterback looped a pass downfield."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English loupe , of unknown origin":"Noun",
"Middle English loupe ; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1832, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175425"
},
"look around":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to go through a place in order to see what is there : to explore a place":[
"We arrived early at the theater and spent a few minutes looking around .",
"The kids looked around the shops while we unpacked."
],
": to search (for something)":[
"I looked around for my keys but I couldn't find them anywhere.",
"He is looking around for a new car."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193442"
},
"loosey-goosey":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": notably loose or relaxed : not tense":[
"a loosey-goosey attitude"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccl\u00fc-s\u0113-\u02c8g\u00fc-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194830"
},
"look a gift horse in the mouth":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to look in a critical way at something that has been given to one":[
"I noticed the guitar wasn't made of real wood, but I didn't say anything because you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200657"
},
"loose cannon":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dangerously uncontrollable person or thing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"a politician who is regarded as a loose cannon by her colleagues",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Shauna isn\u2019t a loose cannon like Natalie (Juliette Lewis) or a creep like Misty (Christina Ricci), but Lynskey\u2019s performance is unpredictable in its own subtler ways. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"Francis has always been anticipated to be a bit of a loose cannon on the stand because of his intimate knowledge of events, axe to grind with the Navy and braggadocios air. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Last but certainly not least, Twitter is about to become a debt-laden business belonging to the world\u2019s richest loose cannon . \u2014 Laura Forman, WSJ , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Mitchell was a loose cannon aimed at men with plenty to hide. \u2014 Mark Peikert, Town & Country , 24 Apr. 2022",
"At the same time, Musk can be a loose cannon on these calls. \u2014 Chris Isidore, CNN , 20 Apr. 2022",
"This is federal judge, John Adams, and he is known for being a bit of a loose cannon . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Marty is well aware of how the people around him have changed; Wendy is basically ruthless at this point, while Jonah is kind of a loose cannon financial criminal. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 23 Jan. 2022",
"Lily Allen is a delightful loose cannon , minded by Jonathan Ross but still managing to insult Radiohead. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 1 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202743"
},
"look a fright":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to look strange, shocking, ugly, etc.":[
"I can't go out like this. I look a fright !"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203217"
},
"loop of Henle":{
"type":[
"noun",
"noun phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": the U-shaped part of the nephron of birds and mammals that lies between and is continuous with the proximal and distal convoluted tubules and that functions in water resorption":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8hen-l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"F. G. J. Henle \u20201885 German pathologist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212024"
},
"look before one leaps":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to think or learn about the possible bad results of an action before doing it":[
"If you're planning to invest in your friend's company, I advise you to look before you leap ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013522"
},
"loop hinge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hinge constructed by looping two pieces of metal together (as on chests)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024323"
}
}
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