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noun
- 1. a quick look or glance: informal British "come and have a dekko at this"
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Noun. Hindi dekho look!, imperative plural of dekhnā to see, from Sanskrit dṛś to see; akin to Sanskrit dṛṣṭi seeing, sight, eye. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
British slang a look; glance; view (esp in the phrase take a dekko (at)).... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
Dekko definition: a look or glance. See examples of DEKKO used in a sentence.
‘Have a dekko’ is first found in print in January 1856 in an appropriate place – Allen’s Indian Mail, a newspaper devoted to news of India and China aimed at the families of servicemen stationed there: The natives of the place flock round, with open mouths and straining eyes, to have a dekko.
Definition of dekko noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 15, 2024 · British slang for a look.
Jun 2, 2024 · dekko (plural dekkos) ( British, slang) A look; a glance . 1960, P [elham] G [renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC: But now there was a listlessness about her, not the listlessness of the cat Augustus but more that of the female in the picture in the Louvre, of whom Jeeves, on the occasion ...
