different between loosing vs looking
loosing
English
Etymology 1
Verb
loosing
- present participle of loose
Etymology 2
Verb
loosing
- Misspelling of losing.
Anagrams
- olingos, soloing, sooling
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looking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?k??/
- Hyphenation: look?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English lokinge, lokinde, lokande, lokende, from Old English l?ciende, present participle of Old English l?cian (“to look”), equivalent to look +? -ing.
Verb
looking
- present participle of look
- as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
- 1988 September 12, New York Magazine, page 226
- Good-Looking, Funny Guy — (Not funny-looking, good guy), 36, Jewish, athletic.
- dorky-looking
- 1988 September 12, New York Magazine, page 226
Derived terms
- bad-looking
- fine-looking
- good-looking
- nice-looking
- well-looking
Related terms
- here's looking at you
- looking glass
- on the outside, looking in
Etymology 2
From Middle English lokinge, lokunge, from Old English *l?cung (attested in Old English þurhl?cung), equivalent to look +? -ing.
Noun
looking (plural lookings)
- The act of one who looks; a glance.
- 2005, Felix Driver, Luciana Martins, Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire (page 162)
- A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]
- 2005, Felix Driver, Luciana Martins, Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire (page 162)
- (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.
- Al drery was his chere and his lokyng.
Anagrams
- kilogon
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