Lookup Definition & Meaning

lookup
noun
  1. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"

"Lookup" in song lyrics

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  • "Dressin dip, that's my lookup"
    Arsonists — We Be About
  • "zip code lookup"
    AOL — AOL
  • "reverse number lookup"
    AOL — AOL

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