recce

plural recces · alternative recco · alternative reccy

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableslanguncountablegovernmentReconnaissance.

   1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser.

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   As he climbed into the car, his recce of the space behind the seats was still a little too obvious despite best efforts at subtlety.

   2006, Vincent Tuckwood, Karaoke Criminals

   I'm afraid you two will have to go on a bit of a recce sometime soon.

   2006, Steve Farndon, Escape Inc.

   He'd be over at Christmas to do a proper sort-through of Velerie's things, but in the meantime could Shannon have a quiet recce and make sure everything was secure?

   2016, Laurence Fearnley, The Quiet Spectacular, →ISBN, page 92

   Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279

   1946, United States. Congress. American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas, Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack There appears a captured photograph showing cruiser or battleship recovery of an old Jap float recce plane.

present singular third person recces · participle present recceing · participle past recced · past recced · participle past recce'd · past recce'd · participle past recceed · past recceed · alternative recco · alternative reccy

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKslanggovernmentReconnoitre.

   Take him down there with Entry Two and recce first. If he can't confirm it, we pull out.

   2006, James Scott, The Sweaties

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   I told the boys to stock up with all they could, and went back to the village to recce for someone to pay as per orders.

   1961, John Sibly, You'll Walk to Mandalay: A Novel

   Synonyms: recon