Hover Lookup

Holding <CTRL> + <SHIFT> while hovering over a word will show the wiktionary entry for that word in an inline window.

Hover Lookup: Quick Word Definitions

Hover Lookup is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly look up word definitions by hovering over the word and pressing <CTRL> + <SHIFT>. It provides an inline window with the wiktionary entry for the word, and supports multi-word phrases and all languages written in the Latin alphabet.

Extension stats

By: bitsauce

Users: 329

Rating: 3.83

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2017-10-25)

Creation date: 2017-10-24

Permissions:

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Size: 103.42K

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Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 47,602 ▼ 424

Other rankings

#1225 in Accessibility ▲ 13 #11 in hover keyword 55 #43 in lookup keyword 27 ▼ 3 #83 in definition keyword 79 ▲ 7 #210 in phrase keyword 25 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Doesn't seem to do...anything on Microsoft Edge... :( Nor on chrome for that matter (5/29/24)

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Bob Loucks, 2024-05-17

This has been paramount to my studies of English. It's a extremely useful pop-up; the best I ever see!

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David Dias, 2023-01-01

initiative idea . SUPERB, all we need is options like other dictionary have, so that it can encompass other competent .

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Skill seizer, 2022-11-09

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hover Lookup requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hover Lookup. Use it at your own risk.

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