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Reccy

//ˈrɛki// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Reconnaissance. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”"

  2. 2
    A recreation ground. UK, slang

    "[…] to look down on the reccy where young men were playing football to this ceaseless din."

  3. 3
    reconnaissance (by shortening) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To investigate with a reconnaissance trip. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

Etymology 2

Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

Etymology 3

Clipping of recreation ground + -y.

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