reccy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛki/

Etymology 1

Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

Alternative forms

• recce

Noun

reccy (countable and uncountable, plural reccies)

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

     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.”

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of recreation ground +‎ -y

Noun

reccy (plural reccies)

1. (UK, slang) A recreation ground.

   Synonym: rec

   • 2000, Peter Nichols, Diaries, 1969-1977, page 36:

     […] to look down on the reccy where young men were playing football to this ceaseless din.

Anagrams

• Crecy, Crécy