laserlike

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adjective

Resembling a laser.

“He has a laserlike focus on the bottom line.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English laser →
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Meanings

adjectivelaserlike (not comparable)

alternative laser-like

  1. not comparableResembling a laser.

    He has a laserlike focus on the bottom line.

    1 more example

    In him [Garry Cook] was distilled the very essence of the modern football executive – the Nike heritage, the mad expansionism, the sense that a major part of Manchester City's future lay in energy drink retail, and of course the laserlike focus on "the product" that resulted in him occasionally saying Manchester United when he meant Manchester City. He was the Premier League's most bungling Sith.

    2011 September 8, Marina Hyde, “Manchester City's Garry Cook – a man for football's crazy times”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewktom
  3. Proto-Germanic*leuhtą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*leuht
  5. Old Englishlēoht
  6. Middle Englishlight
  7. Englishlight
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
  10. Proto-Italic*amlos?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  14. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  15. Latinambi-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  18. Proto-Italic*plēnos
  19. Latinplēnus?
  20. Latinambiplus?
  21. Latinamplus
  22. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  23. Proto-Italic*θakos
  24. Latinamplificō
  25. Latinamplificātiō
  26. Englishamplification
  27. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tey-?
  28. Latinstimulus
  29. Latinstimulo
  30. Latinstimulatus
  31. Englishstimulate
  32. Englishstimulated
  33. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  34. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  35. Proto-Italic*eks
  36. Latinex
  37. Latinex-
  38. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  39. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  40. Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
  41. Proto-Italic*meitō
  42. Old Latinmītō
  43. Latinmittō
  44. Latinēmittō
  45. Latinēmissiō
  46. Middle Frenchémission
  47. Englishemission
  48. Latinradius
  49. Latinradiō
  50. Latinradiatio
  51. Englishradiation
  52. EnglishLASER
  53. Englishlaser
  54. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  55. Proto-Germanic*līką
  56. Englishlaserlike

From laser + -like.

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APA

laserlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laserlike

MLA

“laserlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laserlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laserlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laserlike.

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