Meaning of no-look | Babel Free

Definitions

Done without looking [at the target], typically for misdirection or as showboating.

not-comparable

Examples

“Strikers like to give goalkeepers when they are through on goal, looking in the direction of one corner and then stroking the ball into the opposite side – Stewart Downing’s goal against Hull City last month is a good example – and the same principle can be applied to the no-look pass.”

“Terry brings the detectives into the briefing room to instruct them on how to act at "adult parties." Jake jokes that those are usually referred to as orgies. He then states, "No-look five," and he and Charles share a high five without eye contact.”

“LeBron’s shot called to mind Stephen Curry, who does the no-look celebration all the time.”

“I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede, / a no-look wave flicked my funereal way.”

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