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reccy

/ˈrɛki/

reccy noun: reconnaissance.

Noun (1)

reccy (countable and uncountable, plural reccies)

  1. (slang) 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...2011 [1965], Olivia Manning, Friends And Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy), Random House, →ISBN

Verb

reccy (third-person singular simple present reccies, present participle reccying, simple past and past participle reccied)

  1. (slang) To investigate with a reconnaissance trip.

Noun (2)

reccy (plural reccies)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    rec

Synonyms of reccy

Forms of reccy

Noun
pluralreccies
alternative formrecce
Verb
third-person singular presentreccies
present participlereccying
past participlereccied
pastreccied

Origin of reccy

Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

Clipping of recreation ground + -y.

Questions about reccy

What does reccy mean?
Reccy means reconnaissance.
What part of speech is reccy?
Reccy can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce reccy?
Reccy is pronounced /ˈrɛki/.
What is the plural of reccy?
The plural of reccy is reccies.

Words near reccy in the dictionary

  1. recco
  2. reccomend
  3. reccommend
  4. reccos
  5. reccs
  6. reccy
  7. reccying
  8. recd
  9. recd.
  10. Recea
  11. Recea-Cristur

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