once-overs
Brief visual assessments
A once-over is a quick, cursory examination or inspection: Give the car a once-over before we leave.
The phrase suggests looking something over just once, without deep scrutiny.
To give someone the once-over is to size them up with a glance, often appraisingly or suspiciously: The bouncer gave us the once-over before letting us in.
manner
Moving with speed
- cursoryHasty and incomplete
- briefShort in duration
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- superficialLacking depth or substance
perfunctory · casual · rapid · swift · fast · speedy · hurried · fleeting
glance
Fleeting view
- peekFurtive brief look
- ganderMale of the species
- lookseeInformal quick inspection
- eyeballingEstimating by sight alone
quick
Moving with speed
superficial · perfunctory · casual · rapid · swift · fast · speedy · hurried · fleeting · passing
glimpse
Fleeting view
examination
Methodical assessment or review
audit · assessment · vetting · screening · evaluation · survey · appraisal · scan · check · walkthrough