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SHUFTI
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quick look around (originally military slang)
Example:
take a shufti while you're out there
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shufti" is a kind of...):
reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)