recce

noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable)Reconnaissance.

   “1953, J. (Julian) Maclaren-Ross, The Weeping and the Laughter: A Chapter of Autobiography Visiting the town on what in the more recent war we called a recce, she arranged a tennis-match with Dolly, guessing that the girl would be a bad loser.”

   “As he climbed into the car, his recce of the space behind the seats was still a little too obvious despite best efforts at subtlety.”

   “I'm afraid you two will have to go on a bit of a recce sometime soon.”

   “He'd be over at Christmas to do a proper sort-through of Velerie's things, but in the meantime could Shannon have a quiet recce and make sure everything was secure?”

   “Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.”

verb

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)Reconnoitre.

   “I told the boys to stock up with all they could, and went back to the village to recce for someone to pay as per orders.”

   “Take him down there with Entry Two and recce first. If he can't confirm it, we pull out.”