to lookin'
8.6
To appear a certain way, for example happy or tired
- verb
- /ˈlʊkɪn/
- Informal
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- You're lookin' great today in that new shirt!
Something is missing, but it always looks in the wrong place.
- Something is missing, but it always looks in the wrong place.
- So her concern was that I was making him look his character look small.
- So that, again, is looking kind of young on you.
- No, I'll, I'll, I'll be real just looking like it at the moment.
- I'm like moisturizing my hands to get them looking fresh and gorgeous.
- And the host asked him what, what keeps you looking so well and so healthy?
- And again, the same yes, no poll looking just like this.
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Examples
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So that, again, is looking kind of young on you.
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And then here's how it's looking in the other rooms.
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I love how you're lookin' so happy at the party.
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She's lookin' a bit lost; should we help her?
How Apparent
Surface Forms
Morphology
lookin' = looking (transparent) = look + ing
The form 'lookin'' is a colloquial orthographic representation of 'looking' with the final -g dropped, so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Lookin' is an informal spelling of looking, made by dropping the last 'g' people often leave off in speech. It comes from the simple verb look, which means 'to see' and also 'to appear', so lookin' can mean 'appearing' or 'seeming' to be in a certain state.