LOOK OUT, LOOKOUT
ADJECTIVES
1905 ► ON THE HARK on the watch or look out → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1382 ► TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill
1387 ► TOOT → TOTE an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill
1460 ► TOOTING-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill → obs.
1535 ► TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill
1770 ► TOOT → TOTE an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout → obs.
1902 ► HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 ► OBBO → OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout → UK sl.
1933 ► OBBS → OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1300 ► WAIT a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal → obs.
1382 ► WAITER one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout → obs.
M19. ► OUTSIDE MAN a lookout → UK criminals’ sl.
M19. ► OUTSIDER a lookout → UK criminals’ sl.
1870 ► DOG a lookout; a watchdog → school sl.
1902 ► GAY CAT a person, typically a boy, who scouts, acts as lookout, or runs errands for a gang of tramps or criminals → US criminals’ sl.
1916 ► GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery → criminals’ sl.
1927 ► GANDER a criminal’s lookout → criminals’ sl.
1934 ► CHICKIE → CHICKY a lookout or decoy → US sl.
1940 ► EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them → sl.
1940 ► POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack → Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
1945 ► EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout → Amer. jocular
1945 ► NITKEEPER a person who stands guard as lookout → Aust. (Bk.)
1949 ► GIG a lookout; an informer → Aust. sl.
1950 ► HAWK one who looks out for the arrival of authorities, e.g. a prison inmate, a carnival worker → US prison sl.
1992 ► RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police → US sl.
1992 ► ZEX-MAN a lookout → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
E19.. ► KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out → sl.
1828 ► KEEP ONE’S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout → Amer. dial.
1860 ► SKIN ONE’S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout → Amer. dial.
1868 ► HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for → Eng. dial.
1940 ► KEEP OBS to keep a lookout → sl.
1940 ► KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context → Aust. sl.
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