lookit

Meanings

interjection

CanadaIrelandUScolloquiallook, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest
Lookit! I'm old enough now, I'll wear what I want!
2010 September 14, Rosemary MacCabe, “MTV VMAs mark two: the young guns”, in The Irish Times, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015
2 more examples
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 May 20, Miriam Lord, quoting Dick Roche, “As asses roar it's business as usual in the chamber”, in The Irish Times
Paddy said yesterday morning: "Lookit he didn't murder anybody. He is not a bad lad."
2014 March 24, Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Sam Griffin, “Mum tells gardai how drunk TD sent lewd message to schoolgirl”, in Irish Independent
CanadaUScolloquialbehold!; 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.
2010, Anel Viz, Fairies in the Bottom of the Garden, page 18
Synonyms: behold, ecce, hark, lo, look, lookee, lookie, looky

verb

pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of look at.
Hey, lookit the sissy who didn't sign up for recess baseball!
1990 April 19, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

interjectionbehold!; look at that; look here or there; look!

Also see

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

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APA

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MLA

“lookit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lookit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lookit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lookit.

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