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SHUFTI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shufti mean?
• SHUFTI (noun)
The noun SHUFTI has 1 sense:
1. a quick look around (originally military slang)
Familiarity information: SHUFTI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quick look around (originally military slang)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
take a shufti while you're out there
Hypernyms ("shufti" is a kind of...):
reconnaissance; reconnaissance mission (the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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