looky
29
9.9
- interjection
- Informal
- Well, looky what we have here.
- Looky here
- Oh, looky
- Well, looky
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Watch on YouTubePrepare to be wowed looky here.
- Prepare to be wowed looky here.
- It's your average consumer and looky, looky.
- I got a Greek jump for you, but and still look at you now, looky.
- And then you hear your crotch start to whisper a little bit, whisper this like somebody, somebody, you know, somebody looky, looky, looky.
Examples
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Looky here what I brought you.
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"Why, looky there," Lysander said.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Why, looky there!" he cried.
Fiction book (1995) -
Looky, looky, I got Hooky.
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"Well, looky here, Jamie, ain't this nice?"
Fiction book (1996) -
"Looky what the cat dragged in," Nadine said.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, looky there, the little ole Ducks are ranked #1 again.
Blog text (22) -
"Well, looky there," Rog said with a chuckle.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mr. Willard sat him back down, patting his shoulder, saying, "Looky here, Chief."
Fiction book (1996) -
Well, looky what we have here!
Synonyms
138
6.9
To get a person's attention before saying something important or angry
30
9.0
A word people say to call someone's attention to something nearby
21
9.9
A spoken call in Spanish used to get someone's attention
21
9.9
People say this to get someone's attention or introduce a statement, often showing annoyance
9
9.9
A short word people say to get attention to something surprising or important
8
9.9
A loud old-fashioned call to get someone's attention
5
9.9
A short shout showing surprise or asking for attention
1
9.9
A Latin word used to say 'look' and make someone notice something
Say this to get someone to look over there
Tell someone to pay attention to what you say or point out
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Looky is a spoken form of look with the ending -y, like a little shout to get attention. That's why when people cry 'looky!' they are telling others to 'look' right now.