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keyholing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
key-hol-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of keyhole

noun

The tendency of a bullet fired down an excessively large barrel to wobble in flight and leave a keyhole-shaped puncture in the target.

Uncountable

noun

The formation of a transient column of vapor or plasma when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.

Uncountable

Etymology

From keyhole + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does keyholing mean?
present participle and gerund of keyhole
Where does keyholing come from?
From keyhole + -ing.

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