A mortise for a key or cotter.
A gravitational keyhole.
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
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.
A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.
A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.
A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else.
A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients.
The raised end of a surfboard.
The digging attachment on a front-end loader.
The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.
The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop.
The peak of a cap.
A kind of floodlight with a reflector.
To pick (someone) up
To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop.
To make hollow; to dig out.
To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.