Recce
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Reconnaissance. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable
"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."
- 2 reconnaissance (by shortening) wordnet
- 1 Reconnoitre. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Clipping of reconnaissance.
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