keyhole
To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does…To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.
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» Were you peeping through the keyhole?
Ты подглядывал через замочную скважину? — Wezel
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.
Examples
25 sentencesWere you peeping through the keyhole?
ruТы подглядывал через замочную скважину? — Wezel
Tom couldn't resist peeking through the keyhole.
ruТом не мог удержаться от соблазна подсмотреть в замочную скважину. — odexed
deTom konnte der Versuchung nicht widerstehen, durchs Schlüsselloch zu linsen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I saw Tom looking through the keyhole.
Tom tried to look through the keyhole, but couldn't see anything.
Tom looked through the keyhole.
Origin
From key + hole.From key + hole.
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Forms
keyholes, keyholing, keyholed, keyholedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.