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O.O.
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English
Alternative forms
en O-O
Etymology
en once-over.
Noun
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en US slang A brief glance or visual examination (typically of a person). from 20th c.
en 5 September 1916 O. O. McIntyre New York Day By Day After giving the town the once over, or as Tad puts it, the ‘O.O.’ .
1931, Marion Star (Ohio), cartoon caption, 18 July:
I wish you'd give Neewah the O.O., Captain. He hain't so hot!
en 2025 Thomas Pynchon Shadow Ticket Jonathan Cape 6 Boynt meanwhile, having run his usual unsociable O-O of Skeet, “Recall there's a depression on, we can only afford so much pro bono work .”