COUP D'OEIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coup d'oeil mean? 

• COUP D'OEIL (noun)
  The noun COUP D'OEIL has 1 sense:

1. a quick look

  Familiarity information: COUP D'OEIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUP D'OEIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A quick look

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse

Hypernyms ("coup d'oeil" is a kind of...):

look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coup d'oeil"):

eye-beaming (a radiant glance of the eye)

side-glance; side-look (a glance sideways)