Browsing page 1 of words meaning to look, see (18 words total)
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- butchers – catch – check – check out – cruise – dekko – double take – eyeball – feast (one's) eyes – get a load of – lookie – once-over – peep – pore over – scope – scope out – skeet – take a skeet
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butchers
noun
- a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look." The term has been used since Cockney slang originated, but in Sussex for about two decades.
Let's have a butchers.
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Last edited on Jun 05 1997. Submitted by Mark Ostrowski from Mongolia on Jun 05 1997.
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catch
noun
- a person who would make an excellent significant other.
Citation from "Not on Your Wife Opening Night", Party Down, Season 2 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Robert H. from Kingston, PA, USA on Jun 13 2004.
- an unpleasant condition that usually accompanies a seemingly advantageous situation.
To get my own room my parents told me I have to walk the dog every day. I knew there would be a catch!
Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on May 12 2010.
verb - intransitive
- in homosexual male sex, to perform in the female role (i.e. "receiving end").
- See more words with the same meaning: sex activities, practices, moves.
Last edited on Mar 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 13 2010.
verb - transitive
- to see.
I caught a movie at the theatre in Springfield last night.
Citation from "I Am the Walrus", American Dad! (TV), Season 6 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to get, buy, attend, etc., when referring to meals. Origin: perhaps derived from hunting, as in catching an animal for food.
I caught lunch at the deli down the street.
Do you want to go catch a bite to eat?
- See more words with the same meaning: to attend.
- See more words with the same meaning: to have, take, get.
Last edited on Mar 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to hear, understand.
Did you catch that?
- See more words with the same meaning: to hear, listen.
- See more words with the same meaning: to understand.
Last edited on Mar 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to use a scheduled (plane, train, bus, etc.) or unscheduled (taxi cab, etc.) mode of transportation.
Is there anywhere to catch a taxi around here?
Citation from "Search Committee (Parts 1 and 2)", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episodes 25-26 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.
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check
- ok, or yes.
Let's go to the club next weekend. Check.
Last edited on Dec 12 1999. Submitted by LaDania from GA, USA on Dec 12 1999.
interjection
- acknowledgment of an item from a checklist.
Q: Gas in the tank?
A: Check.
Q: Suitcases in the trunk?
A: Check.
Citation from "Mr. Bob's Toddler Kaleidoscope", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: yes, agreements (statements of).
Last edited on Nov 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 14 2010.
verb - transitive
- to look at.
Check the girl over there.
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Last edited on Nov 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 14 2010.
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check out
verb - intransitive
- to die.
Citation from "Many Happy Returns", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to die.
Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Robert H. from Kingston, PA, USA on Jun 13 2004.
verb - transitive
- to listen to.
Citation from "The Fight", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Philip W. from Lincoln, NE, USA on Apr 06 2000.
- to visit, inspect.
We checked out that new restaurant but the food was terrible.
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Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to see, to look at.
Check out that guy over there.
Citation from "Isolation", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Sacrifice", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 12 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Pilot", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2005) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Episode 1", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Jan 19 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to research, investigate.
Citation from "New Car", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Chapter 8", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.
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cruise 
verb
- to leave.
I've got to cruise.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on Oct 07 1997. Submitted by Jonathan Ruiz from Hemet, CA, USA on Oct 07 1997.
- to go; to drive.
We cruised over to his house after the game.
Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: driving and driving maneuvers.
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Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to give. Note: usually used as a request.
Hey, cruise a cookie over here.
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Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to repeatedly traverse a particular stretch of road, usually with the intent of meeting members of the opposite gender.
Let's go cruise Battlefield!
- See more words with the same meaning: driving and driving maneuvers.
- See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.
Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.
- to solicit anonymous sex, usually among gay males.
He's out cruising at the baths again.
Citation from "Episode 2", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: flirting, hit on, pimp, player, wing-man.
Last edited on Nov 19 2012. Submitted by James W. from Waterloo, ON, Canada on May 11 2003.
- to complete a task easily.
I studied hard and totally cruised the test.
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Last edited on Jun 13 2004. Submitted by Robert H. from Kingston, PA, USA on Jun 13 2004.
verb - transitive
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to look at a person; "check out; "eye".Don't look now, but the guy at 3 o'clock is cruising you.
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Last edited on Oct 10 2011. Submitted by James W. from Waterloo, ON, Canada on May 11 2003.
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dekko
noun
- a look. Origin: from Hindi, brought to southeast England by the British army returning from India. The word has been used outside its mother language for at least 50 years.
Let's have a dekko.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
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Last edited on Apr 06 2013. Submitted by Mark Ostrowski from Mongolia on Jun 05 1997.
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double take
noun
- a second look.
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Last edited on Mar 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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eyeball
noun
- a visitor to a website. Usually used in the plural.
We need more eyeballs to make a profit.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on Mar 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
verb - transitive
- to stare at.
Citation from Rookie Blue, "Signals Crossed", Season 1 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Feb 01 2003.
- to look at.
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Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
- to examine.
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Last edited on Aug 20 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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feast (one's) eyes
verb
- to look at.
Citation from "The Great Recession", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 5 Episode 3 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Not on Your Wife Opening Night", Party Down, Season 2 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Dec 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2010.
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get a load of
verb - intransitive
- to look at.
Get a load of that!
Get a load of me.
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Last edited on Apr 09 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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