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reccy en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛki/
Etymology
Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.
Meanings
(countable, slang, uncountable) Reconnaissance.
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.” 2011 [1965], Olivia Manning, Friends And Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy), Random House, →ISBN:
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reccies
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reccy en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛki/
Etymology
Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.
Meanings
(slang) To investigate with a reconnaissance trip.
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reccied
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reccied
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recce
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reccying
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reccies
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reccy en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ˈrɛki/
Etymology
Clipping of recreation ground + -y.
Meanings
(UK, slang) A recreation ground.
[…] to look down on the reccy where young men were playing football to this ceaseless din. 2000, Peter Nichols, Diaries, 1969-1977, page 36: