Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reccy

/ˈrɛki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rec-cy
IPA: /ˈrɛki/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Reconnaissance.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

verb

To investigate with a reconnaissance trip.

Slang

noun

A recreation ground.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: -y

Usage

Inflected Forms

reccies (plural) recce (alternative) reccies (present, singular) reccying (participle, present) reccied (participle, past) reccied (past)

Synonyms

rec recce recco

Questions

How do you pronounce reccy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈrɛki/.
What does reccy mean?: Reconnaissance.
Where does reccy come from?: Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.

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