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COUP D'OEIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quick look

Synonyms:

coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("coup d'oeil" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coup d'oeil"):

eye-beaming (a radiant glance of the eye)

side-glance; side-look (a glance sideways)

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