once-over
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.42 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cursory inspection or survey.
Example Sentences
- "I gave the room a once-over with the mop."
- "My GP gave me the once-over and said it was merely a cold."
- "I'll give it a once-over for free, but a proper look will cost you."
- "The girls sat there while the johns (customers) moped around giving them the once-over."
- "The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move, of course, was to procure another chair and give the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find that the cow-creamer wasn't there."
- "Giving the wench the once-over as she entered, I found myself well able to understand why Bobbie on observing her entangled with [her fiancé] had exploded with so loud a report."