Meaning & use

lookie

interjection·Everyday

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Used informally to draw attention to something, as in lookie here.

See it in a sentence

"Lookie what I found in the attic!" she exclaimed, holding up an old photograph.

Lookie, isn't that the car we saw at the show last week?

A note on using this word

Lookie is a playful, informal variant of look, often used in exaggerated or folksy speech.

Words with a similar meaning

looklooky

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