look-through

[loo k-throo] /ˈlʊkˌθru/

noun

the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.

Also called see-through.

Compare look-down.

Origin

1935-40

British Dictionary definitions for look through

look through

verb

(intransitive, preposition) or tr, adverb. to examine, esp cursorily: he looked through his notes before the lecture

(intransitive, preposition) to ignore (a person) deliberately: whenever he meets his ex-girlfriend, she looks straight through him