lookit

English

Etymology

Nonstandard reanalysis of look at (that).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊkɪt/

Interjection

lookit

1. (colloquial, informal, Canada, US, Ireland) look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest
   • 2010 May 20, Miriam Lord, quoting Dick Roche, “As asses roar it's business as usual in the chamber”, in The Irish Times‎^[2]:

     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

   • 2010 September 14, Rosemary MacCabe, “MTV VMAs mark two: the young guns”, in The Irish Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 13 June 2015:

     Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!

   • 2014 March 24, Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Sam Griffin, “Mum tells gardai how drunk TD sent lewd message to schoolgirl”, in Irish Independent‎^[4]:

     Paddy said yesterday morning: "Lookit he didn't murder anybody. He is not a bad lad."

2. (colloquial, informal, Canada, US) behold!; look at that; look here or there; look!

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lo

   • 2010, Anel Viz, Fairies in the Bottom of the Garden, page 18:

     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.

Verb

lookit

1. Pronunciation spelling of look at.
   • 1990 April 19, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes:

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

Usage notes

In 1999, William Safire called lookit “a widely used, if somewhat outdated, urban Americanism”.

See also

• looky, look
• look at