Lamp

n.

Heard in Galway, Kilkenny, Cork, Wexford, Derry, Limerick, Kildare and Down

To look at or observe something or someone closely.

Lamp the bold lad over there struttin' like a peacock!

Posh English

Observe that audacious fellow strutting about like a peacock!

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Cork
• Wexford
• Derry
• Limerick
• Kildare
• Down

Related terms

• Lamp d feen der laLook at the sexy boy over there!
• Lamp the fiendAn exhortation to look at or take notice of a particular fellow.
• Lamp the gatch on the fienLook at the peculiar walk on that young fellow.
• Look crookedTo look at someone in even the slightest disapproving manner.
• Look lahLook at that.
• To look like a hard boiled shiteTo look extremely pale and unwell.