Definition of a dekko

dekko

noun

• a look. Origin: from Hindi, brought to southeast England by the British army returning from India. The word has been used outside its mother language for at least 50 years.

  Let's have a dekko.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.

  Last edited on Apr 06 2013. Submitted by Mark Ostrowski from Mongolia on Jun 05 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'British, UK slang (list of)':
bun fight	Definitions include: a grand party.
shady	Definitions include: related to immorality or illegality.
barnshoot	Definitions include: Corruption of "bahine ka chut" which means "sister's cunt" in Hindi.
CNS-QNS	Definitions include: acronym for "Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
butters	Definitions include: very ugly.
pom	Definitions include: a British person.
toss off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
wedge	Definitions include: money.
chip butty	Definitions include: a sandwich made with butter and chips (British fries made from chunkier slices of potato then their American cousins) bought from the fish and chip shop.
bugger	Definitions include: to sodomize.
dosser	Definitions include: a lazy person - i.e. one who dosses.
tight	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
Barney	Definitions include: the police.
widger	Definitions include: male genitalia.
flid	Definitions include: a very stupid or incompetent person.
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Other terms relating to 'to look, see':
scope	Definitions include: to see, look at.
double take	Definitions include: a second look.
check	Definitions include: ok, or yes.
track	Definitions include: a place where prostitutes gather to find clients.
scope out	Definitions include: to watch.
take a skeet	Definitions include: to take a look.
pore over	Definitions include: to examine closely.
check out	Definitions include: to listen to.
catch	Definitions include: to see.
eyeball	Definitions include: to stare at.
once-over	Definitions include: A visual examination, especially of a person of the opposite sex.
cruise	Definitions include: to leave.
clock	Definitions include: to body check as in sports (hockey, American football, rugby, etc.)
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
get a load of	Definitions include: to look at.
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tampon tunnel	Definitions include: vagina.
flab	Definitions include: fat.
boiler room	Definitions include: a room in which telemarketers make cold calls.
derm	Definitions include: cigarette.
brand	Definitions include: tattoo.
punch	Definitions include: strength.
pogey	Definitions include: Unemployment insurance.
sororiwhore	Definitions include: a sexually promiscuous member of a sorority.
eff	Definitions include: A euphemism for "fuck."
Nazi	Definitions include: an uncompromisingly strict person.

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