once-over

1. 1.

   a swift cursory examination or inspection

   “I gave him the once-over”

   Synonymslook-over

   Broaderexamination

Questions about once-over

What does once-over mean?

once-over means "a swift cursory examination or inspection".

How many syllables are in once-over?

once-over has 4 syllables: on-ce--o-ver. The stress falls on "ce-".

What is another word for once-over?

Close synonyms include look-over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is once-over a common word?

once-over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.