quick look
Fleeting visual check
A quick look is a brief glance or cursory examination of something: Let me take a quick look at those numbers before the meeting.
The phrase implies speed over thoroughness—enough to get the gist without deep analysis.
I had a quick look around the apartment before signing the lease.
- peekFurtive brief look
- sneak peekAdvance partial viewing
- glanceBrief, casual look
- glimpseFleeting view
- scanBrief visual sweep
survey · snapshot · once-over · once over lightly · impression · preview · check · skim · dekko · browse · inspection · sight · eyeball · eagle eye · gander · flash · split second · squint
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- glancesglance, glimpse, peek, peep, passing glance
- board game contentrulebook, playthrough, tutorial, review, preview
- Passing Observationsglance, peek, glimpse, fleeting thought, sidelong glance
- passive watchingwatching, viewing, observing, spectating, lurking
- scansCT scan, MRI scan, body scan, brain scan, full body scan
depth of examination
quick lookin-depth analysis
Thorough detailed examination
deep dive · forensic examination · fine-tooth comb · close reading · hard look
look, quick, quickly, looks, looking, looked, quickness, looker, quicken