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lookit

/ˈlʊkɪt/

lookit interjection: look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest. Also the pronunciation spelling of look at.

Interjection

  1. (Canada, Ireland, US, colloquial) look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest
    • Ah lookit deputy, with all due respect to you, if you come in here and act like an ass that's exactly the label that you'll gain2010 May 20, Miriam Lord, quoting Dick Roche, “As asses roar it's business as usual in the chamber”, in The Irish Times
    • Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!2010 September 14, Rosemary MacCabe, “MTV VMAs mark two: the young guns”, in The Irish Times, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial) behold!; look at that; look here or there; look!
    • He went right on cackling, "Lookit lookit lookit. Oh Jesus, lookit. Lookit lookit." The blast had shattered all the windows, and flames were shooting out of all of them.2010, Anel Viz, Fairies in the Bottom of the Garden, page 18

Also used as

lookit is also the pronunciation spelling of look at.

Synonyms of lookit

Origin of lookit

Nonstandard reanalysis of look at (that) as look + it.

Questions about lookit

What does lookit mean?
Lookit means look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest.
What part of speech is lookit?
Lookit is an interjection.
How do you pronounce lookit?
Lookit is pronounced /ˈlʊkɪt/.

Words near lookit in the dictionary

  1. Lookingglass
  2. lookings
  3. lookism
  4. lookist
  5. lookists
  6. lookit
  7. lookless
  8. Lookman
  9. lookoff
  10. lookoffs
  11. lookout

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