keyhole
/ˈkiˌhoʊ̯l/ verb C2- 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.
He/she/it keyholes · Past keyholed · Past participle keyholed · -ing form keyholing
Verb forms
- Base form
- keyhole
- He/she/it
- keyholes
- Past
- keyholed
- Past participle
- keyholed
- -ing form
- keyholing
From the library
He, through the keyhole, maketh glad;
Come back here, out of a line with that keyhole.
The door was closed, but I looked through the keyhole, and saw him so pale and haggard, that believing him very ill, I went and told M.
The brigadier had put his eye to the keyhole, and had discovered Andrea in a posture of entreaty.
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