dekko

1 of 2

noun

dek·​ko

ˈde(ˌ)kō

plural -s

slang, British

: look, peep

got out to have a dekko

—J. B. Smyth

dekko

2 of 2

transitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-es

slang, British

: to look at

dekkoed the front page

—Richard Llewellyn

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Hindi dekho look!, imperative plural of dekhnā to see, from Sanskrit dṛś to see; akin to Sanskrit dṛṣṭi seeing, sight, eye

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