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shufti

/ˈʃʊf.ti/

shufti noun: a brief glance.

Noun

shufti (plural shuftis)

  1. (UK, slang) A brief glance.
    • "Perkins, we are asking you to be that one man. I want you to lay down your life, Perkins. We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war. Get up in a crate, Perkins, pop over to Bremen, take a shufti, don't come back. Goodbye, Perkins. God, I wish I was going too."1961, Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe (AfterMyth of War)
    • "Caucasus mountains," said the driver. "I think. Let's have a shufti at the map."1992, Tom Holt, Tall Stories, Orbit, published 2004, page 276
    Synonyms:
    glance

Synonyms of shufti

Forms of shufti

pluralshuftis
alternative formshufty
alternative formshoofti

Origin of shufti

UK 1940s, originally military slang. From Egyptian Arabic شُفْتِ، شُفْتِي (šufti, “have you seen?”, literally “you saw”), a conjugation of شَاف (šāf, “to see”).

Words formed from shufti

Phrases with shufti

Words that rhyme with shufti

Questions about shufti

What does shufti mean?
Shufti means a brief glance.
What part of speech is shufti?
Shufti is a noun.
How do you pronounce shufti?
Shufti is pronounced /ˈʃʊf.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of shufti?
The plural of shufti is shuftis.

Words near shufti in the dictionary

  1. shufflons
  2. shuffly
  3. Shuffs
  4. Shuford
  5. Shufords
  6. shufti
  7. shufti kite
  8. shufti kites
  9. shuftie
  10. shufties
  11. shuftis

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