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Lookout   /lˈʊkˌaʊt/   Listen
Lookout

noun
1.
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.  Synonyms: lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch.
2.
An elevated post affording a wide view.  Synonym: observation post.
3.
A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings.  Synonyms: lookout station, observation tower, observatory.
4.
The act of looking out.  Synonym: outlook.



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"Lookout" Quotes from Famous Books



... was certain that Harding would be playing on the "regular" one, and since it is rather narrow I had no difficulty in following it. For the first time I was possessed of no ambition to play. Several indignant golfers shouted "Fore!" but I pursued my way, keeping a sharp lookout ...
— John Henry Smith - A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life • Frederick Upham Adams

... "Try the lookout at Table Mountain," he advised me. "They may be coming down that way.... Sure I'll let you know.... What a night! ...
— Tarrano the Conqueror • Raymond King Cummings

... bending over the chart when "Sail-ho!" rang out from the lookout in the foretop. He had a grand ...
— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly

... Ida, though I have not found her yet. I have learned as much as this, that this Mrs. Hardwick—who is a double distilled she-rascal—probably has Ida in her clutches, and has sent her on two occasions to my uncle's. I am spending most of my time in the streets, keeping a good lookout for her. If I do meet her, see if I don't get Ida away from her. But it may take some time. Don't get discouraged, therefore, but wait patiently. Whenever anything new turns up you will receive a line from your ...
— Timothy Crump's Ward - A Story of American Life • Horatio Alger

... believed they could see several enemy planes swooping over at a lower level, possibly, they thought, on the lookout for the procession of cars bearing the aroused Allied ...
— Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines - The German Spy's Secret • Charles Amory Beach


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