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spyhole

(ˈspaɪˌhəʊl)

a small hole in a door through which one may watch secretly; peephole

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Noun

spyhole - a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep

eyehole, peephole

hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something

judas - a one-way peephole in a door

Translations

ثَقْب التَّجَسُّس

špehýrka

kighul

Guckloch

kémlelõlyuk

gægjugat

dikiz deliği

窥视孔

spyhole

[ˈspaɪhəʊl] N → mirilla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spyhole

[ˈspaɪˌhəʊl] n → spioncino

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spy

(spai) noun

a secret agent or person employed to gather information secretly especially about the military affairs of other countries. She was arrested as a spy; industrial spies.

verb

1. to be a spy. He had been spying for the Russians for many years.

2. to see or notice. She spied a human figure on the mountainside.

ˈspyhole noun

a peep-hole.

spy on

to watch (a person etc) secretly. The police had been spying on the gang for several months.

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