coup d'oeil

coup d'oeil  (k dy)

n. pl. coups d'oeil (k)

A quick survey; a glance.

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[French coup d'il : coup, stroke + de, of + oeil, eye.]

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coup d'oeil - a quick look glance, glimpse looking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" eye-beaming - a radiant glance of the eye; "he pretended profundity by eye-beamings at people" side-glance, side-look - a glance sideways; "she shot him an impatient side-glance"