"get a load of" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a load of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a load of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a load of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a load of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a load of",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten􂀿US, Canada􂁀> a load of"
      },
      "expansion": "get a load of (third-person singular simple present gets a load of, present participle getting a load of, simple past got a load of, past participle got a load of or (US, Canada) gotten a load of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939 September 25, “Heeltalk”, in Time",
          "text": "One night Bernette happened to get a load of Peggy doing a rumba with Jackie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June 13, David W. Dunlap, “The Crossroads of the Crossroads”, in New York Times, page CY3",
          "text": "Get a load of the \"eyesome femininity\" at the International Casino, as the Times put it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_a_load_of-en-verb-7Bg64xYd",
      "links": [
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "get you"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "behold"
        },
        {
          "word": "cop a load of"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-get a load of.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a load of"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets a load of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting a load of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a load of",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got a load of",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten a load of",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got:gotten􂀿US, Canada􂁀> a load of"
      },
      "expansion": "get a load of (third-person singular simple present gets a load of, present participle getting a load of, simple past got a load of, past participle got a load of or (US, Canada) gotten a load of)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get you"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939 September 25, “Heeltalk”, in Time",
          "text": "One night Bernette happened to get a load of Peggy doing a rumba with Jackie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 June 13, David W. Dunlap, “The Crossroads of the Crossroads”, in New York Times, page CY3",
          "text": "Get a load of the \"eyesome femininity\" at the International Casino, as the Times put it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "listen",
          "listen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-get a load of.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-au-get_a_load_of.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "behold"
    },
    {
      "word": "cop a load of"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get a load of"
}