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.
Extension 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)
Creation date: 2014-05-31
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- contextMenus
Size: 12.61K
URLs: Website
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Extension 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, 2014-08-05
Brendan J Boehr, 2014-08-05Extension safety
Risk impact
Look-it-up does not require 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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