Look-it-up

Look-it-up

Adds context menu item that looks up selected text on dictionary sites

What is Look-it-up?
Look-it-up is a simple and useful Chrome extension that adds a context menu item to look up selected text on dictionary sites such as dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com, thefreedictionary.com, thesaurus.com, urbandictionary.com, wikipedia.org, wiktionary.org, and yourdictionary.com. You can enable or disable different menu items using the options page. Visit http://timothytocci.com/ to view the source code for this extension and many more.
Merlin
Stats
This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2024-02-29 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 274
Rating: 4.50 (2)
Version: 0.2 (Last updated: 2014-05-31)
Creation date: 2014-05-31
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 12.61K
URLs: Website
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Summary

A simple extension that will look up selected text on a number of different dictionary sites. You have the choice of dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com (dictionary and thesaurus), thefreedictionary.com, thesaurus.com, urbandictionary.com, wikipedia.org, wiktionary.org, and yourdictionary.com to look selected terms up with. There is an options page to enable or disable the different menu items included. To view the source code for this extension and many more visit: http://timothytocci.com/

User reviews
Does as advertised. It's best feature: no permissions required
by Brendan J Boehr Brendan J Boehr, 2014-08-05
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Safety
Risk impact

Look-it-up is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Look-it-up is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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