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Definition of shufti in English: shuftinounPlural shuftis ˈʃʊftiˈʃʊfti British informal A look or reconnoitre, especially a quick one. I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it Example sentencesExamples - A quick shufti through his bank accounts should clear all this up.
- Hospital staff had a shufti and sent Stevens on his way with a quick ‘go home and keep an eye on it’.
- Those wishing to keep up with, and ultimately blow away, the Joneses, should have a shufti here.
- Even those uneducated in the merits of various leagues would require only a quick shufti at the Nationwide First Division table to know the Premiership is the place everyone wants to be.
- You can have a shufti at the full dial-up package here.
- Well, you can have a shufti at the whole programme here.
Synonyms glance, observation, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, survey, sight, peep, peek, glimpse, gaze, stare, gape, ogle
Origin 1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa 'try to see'. Definition of shufti in US English: shuftinounˈSHo͝oftēˈʃʊfti British informal A look or reconnoiter, especially a quick one. I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it Example sentencesExamples - A quick shufti through his bank accounts should clear all this up.
- Well, you can have a shufti at the whole programme here.
- Even those uneducated in the merits of various leagues would require only a quick shufti at the Nationwide First Division table to know the Premiership is the place everyone wants to be.
- You can have a shufti at the full dial-up package here.
- Hospital staff had a shufti and sent Stevens on his way with a quick ‘go home and keep an eye on it’.
- Those wishing to keep up with, and ultimately blow away, the Joneses, should have a shufti here.
Synonyms glance, observation, view, examination, study, inspection, scan, survey, sight, peep, peek, glimpse, gaze, stare, gape, ogle
Origin 1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa ‘try to see’. |