reccon.

Brit.

/ˈrɛkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛkoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– recco, 1900s– reco.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: reconnaissance n.

Etymology: Shortened < reconnaissance n. Compare later recce n. and slightly later recon n.¹Compare earlier use as the pseudonym of a reconnaissance flyer as author of an article:1915 Kia Ora Coo-ee 15 July 19/2 To an observer doing his first reconnaissance that first visit to the brass hat is a perfect nightmare... ‘R ecco’.

slang (originally Military).

= reconnaissance n. Frequently attributive. Cf. recce n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance

scouringc1471

scry1523

discovery?1574

reconnaissance1779

reconnoitre1781

reconnoissance1802

outwatch1852

exploitation1871

recco1917

recon1918

photoreconnaissance1920

recce1941

photo-recce1946

1917 Gnome (Royal Flying Corps: Middle East Brigade) Mar. 14/2 To have her ‘fit’ for ‘recco’ or to fight.

1934 Flight 18 Jan. 51/1 A shorter ‘recco’ is also done to the north, if trouble is brewing.

1942 in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 155 My next trip was a scramble to intercept some Hun Machines on recco off Dungeness.

1966 P. Derrig Pride of Green Berets 61 Civil Guard recco units.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 188 That was why I'd come back. Revenge and a bit of recco.

2003 D. Toomey Stormchasers xiii. 179 The next day—it was October 1—a recco flight departed for a typhoon over the South China Sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recco
释义	reccon. Brit. /ˈrɛkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛkoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– recco, 1900s– reco. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: reconnaissance n. Etymology: Shortened < reconnaissance n. Compare later recce n. and slightly later recon n.¹Compare earlier use as the pseudonym of a reconnaissance flyer as author of an article:1915 Kia Ora Coo-ee 15 July 19/2 To an observer doing his first reconnaissance that first visit to the brass hat is a perfect nightmare... ‘R ecco’. slang (originally Military). = reconnaissance n. Frequently attributive. Cf. recce n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance scouringc1471 scry1523 discovery?1574 reconnaissance1779 reconnoitre1781 reconnoissance1802 outwatch1852 exploitation1871 recco1917 recon1918 photoreconnaissance1920 recce1941 photo-recce1946 1917 Gnome (Royal Flying Corps: Middle East Brigade) Mar. 14/2 To have her ‘fit’ for ‘recco’ or to fight. 1934 Flight 18 Jan. 51/1 A shorter ‘recco’ is also done to the north, if trouble is brewing. 1942 in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 155 My next trip was a scramble to intercept some Hun Machines on recco off Dungeness. 1966 P. Derrig Pride of Green Berets 61 Civil Guard recco units. 1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 188 That was why I'd come back. Revenge and a bit of recco. 2003 D. Toomey Stormchasers xiii. 179 The next day—it was October 1—a recco flight departed for a typhoon over the South China Sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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