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Definition of shufti noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shufti

noun

/ˈʃʊfti/

/ˈʃʊfti/

Word Origin1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa ‘try to see’.

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Idioms

have a shufti (at something)

(British English, informal) to have a quick look at something

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