Definition of once-over

once-over

noun

• A visual examination, especially of a person of the opposite sex.

  Bob is always around the gym, checking the chicks out... giving them that famous once-over...

  • See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.

  Last edited on Dec 21 1998. Submitted by Alvaro C. from Aracaju, Brazil on Dec 21 1998.

• a quick inspection.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to look, see':
skeet	Definitions include: generally displeasing.
peep	Definitions include: a person.
check out	Definitions include: to listen to.
lookie	Definitions include: "look".
clock	Definitions include: to body check as in sports (hockey, American football, rugby, etc.)
pore over	Definitions include: to examine closely.
catch	Definitions include: to see.
take a skeet	Definitions include: to take a look.
scope	Definitions include: to see, look at.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
scope out	Definitions include: to watch.
cruise	Definitions include: to leave.
dekko	Definitions include: a look.
eyeball	Definitions include: to stare at.
butchers	Definitions include: a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look."
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Other terms relating to 'once':
once in a blue moon	Definitions include: very infrequent.
YOLO	Definitions include: acronym for "you only live once."
Other terms relating to 'over':
all over	Definitions include: See be all over.
all over (one's) *ss	Definitions include: pestering a person.
all over (one's) *sses	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
A over T	Definitions include: Arse over tip / arse over tit.
arse over tit	Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels".
*ss over tea kettle	Definitions include: fallen in a dramatic fashion; "head over heels".
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
bend over	Definitions include: a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably.
bend over and get screwed	Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen.
bend over backwards	Definitions include: to be extremely accommodating.
bend over get f*cked	Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble."
BOHICA	Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again."
bust over	Definitions include: to give to; hand over.
chug on over	Definitions include: to go.
chug over	Definitions include: to go.
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