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lookit

intj
/ˈlʊkɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *ḱe✻ — “here; here”
  2. inherited from *hit✻ — “this, this one”
  3. inherited from *hit✻
  4. inherited from hit — “it”
  5. inherited from it
  6. compounded as lookit — “look + it”

Definitions

  1. look, listen

    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 gain
    • Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!
    • Paddy said yesterday morning: "Lookit he didn't murder anybody. He is not a bad lad."

  2. behold!

    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.

  3. Pronunciation spelling of look at.

    • Hey, lookit the sissy who didn't sign up for recess baseball!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lookit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA