lookee

Check this out

Lookee is a playful or dialectal variant of "look," used to draw attention to something: Lookee here, I found it!

It often appears in the phrase lookee here or lookee what we have, suggesting folksy speech or mock excitement.

The word has an old-fashioned, theatrical quality.

interjection

hey

Informal greeting or summons

watchPortable timekeeping device
beholdTo see, often reverently
seePerceive with eyes

observe · yo · attention · notice · voila · tada · presto · whoa

slang

peek

Furtive brief look

ganderMale of the species
glanceBrief, casual look
peepBrief secret look

squint · eyeful · glimpse · once-over · dekko · butcher's · gawk · ogle · stare · leer

onlooker

gawker

One who stares rudely

rubberneckerOne who stares intrusively
spectatorObserver at an event
bystanderOne who observes nearby

observer · watcher · viewer · snooper · voyeur · peeper · nosy parker · busybody · kibitzer · looky-loo

Opposites

attention direction

lookeelook away

Redirect one's gaze

never mind · disregard

register/formality

lookeeformal announcement

proclamation · behold · observe · take notice · ladies and gentlemen

sensory channel

lookeelisten

Perceive sound attentively

hark · hear ye · listen up · hearken · give ear

Phrases

take a lookBriefly observe something
look forTry to find
looking forTrying to find
look upSeek information about
look outAlert cry or sentry
look likeAppear similar to

Family

look, looks, looking, outlook, lookout, looked, overlook, looker, lookers

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