looky
23
9.9
- interjection
- Informal
:
mira
- Well, looky what we have here.
- Looky here
- Oh, looky
- Well, looky
Prepare 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
61
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
5
9.9
People say this to get someone's attention or introduce a statement, often showing annoyance
4
9.9
A short word people say to get attention to something surprising or important
4
9.9
A spoken call in Spanish used to get someone's attention
3
9.9
A loud old-fashioned call to get someone's attention
1
9.9
A short shout showing surprise or asking for attention
Say this to get someone to look over there
Tell someone to pay attention to what you say or point out
A Latin word used to say 'look' and make someone notice something
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.