When a male conducts a half assed attempt at searching for a missing object. Said object is usually in plain sight, and sometimes within a 10ft radius.
To look, but not really see.
Husband: "heyyyyy babe, have you seen my wallet?"
Wife: "did you look in the kitchen?"
Husband: "Yeah, I've searched EVERYWHERE. It's gone!"
Wife:*locates wallet in kitchen in 4.8647 seconds* "here honey, it was in the kitchen right next to the coffee pot. Admit it, you man-looked for this"