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    shufti
    /ˈʃʊfti/

    noun

    • 1. a look or reconnoitre, especially a quick one: informal British "I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHUFTI | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    noun. UK old-fashioned informal (also shufty) uk / ˈʃʊf.ti / us / ˈʃʊf.ti / have/take a shufti. Add to word list. to look at something quickly: Can I have a shufti at your paper? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Using the eyes. accommodate. accommodation. all eyes are on someone/something idiom. astigmatic. beholder. cast. corner.

  4. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › shuftishufti - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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

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    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈʃʊf.ti/, /ˈʃʌf.ti/
    Rhymes: -ʊfti, -ʌfti

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    shufti (plural shuftis) 1. (UK, slang) A brief glance. 1.1. 1961, Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe (AfterMyth of War): 1.1.1. "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 ...

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  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › shuftiSHUFTI | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    noun. UK old-fashioned informal (also shufty) us / ˈʃʊf.ti / uk / ˈʃʊf.ti / have/take a shufti. Add to word list. to look at something quickly: Can I have a shufti at your paper? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Using the eyes. accommodate. accommodation. all eyes are on someone/something idiom. astigmatic. beholder. cast. chart. corner

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shuftiShufti - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Jun 25, 2024 · Definitions of shufti. noun. a quick look around (originally military slang) “take a shufti while you're out there”. see more. see less. type of: reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission. the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

  7. www.worldwidewords.org › qa › qa-shu1Shufti - World Wide Words

    Jan 5, 2002 · A Shufti (another way of writing it, the one usually given in dictionaries) is Arabic. In that language it means “have you seen?”. It’s a bit of military slang, picked up by British servicemen formerly based in the Middle East.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionshufti noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    have a shufti (at something) (British English, informal) to have a quick look at something. Definition of shufti noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › shuftiShufti - definition of shufti by The Free Dictionary

    Shufti is a British slang word for a quick look around, often used in military context. Learn how to say shufti in Spanish and other languages, and see examples of its usage.