1. (verb) to aim (with a rifle), take aim, look obliquely (along something).
Kaua rawa ngā hōia, te hōia rānei, e whakakeko i te pū ki tētahi, ahakoa e puru ana, kāore rānei (TPH 15/7/1900:5). / Soldiers, or a soldier, should never aim a gun at someone, whether it's loaded, or not.
See also titiro whakakeko
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