Definition of turning the key(s)

turn the key(s)

verb

• to launch nuclear missile(s). Used among USAF missile maintenance, communications, and combat crew members.

  Screw that messing around! Turn the key on the bastards!

  Last edited on Jun 26 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 26 2014.

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Other terms relating to 'key':
church key	Definitions include: a tool with parts to puncture holes in cans, and to pry off bottle tops.
key	Definitions include: great.
key bump	Definitions include: a bump (small amount of a powdered drug) snorted off of a key.
keyed	Definitions include: really wasted, drunk, high etc.
keyed up	Definitions include: nervous.
key hole	Definitions include: vagina.
keys	Definitions include: phone number or digits.
lose (one's) keys	Definitions include: To lose one's virginity.
low-key	Definitions include: calm; restrained.
off-key	Definitions include: something isn't right
play keys	Definitions include: to play a musical instrument that has keys, such as a piano.
turn-key	Definitions include: fully equipped and ready to go.
Other terms relating to 's':
S hole	Definitions include: Slang for when a person doesn't want to use the cuss word "Shithole" on live TV, Radio, or Internet. Compare to: A hole. Example: D. Trump called all countries that have Blacc and Brown people "[S hole]" countries, what a shame...
S/O	Definitions include: acronym for shout-out.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'turn':
(one's) turn in the barrel	Definitions include: a dirty or unpleasant task that one must do since it is part of one's share of the work, and that others have taken their turn doing before them.
page-turner	Definitions include: a good book.
ring and turn	Definitions include: a style of high-volume bartending in which one rings up a customer for their purchase, and then turns to the next customer.
turn a blind eye	Definitions include: to ignore a misdeed.
turn flip	Definitions include: of a female, to become promiscuous or to become a prostitute.
turn in	Definitions include: to go to bed.
turn inside out	Definitions include: to search very thoroughly.
turn into lasagna	Definitions include: the destruction of the human body by explosion, heavy fire or similar trauma.
turn-key	Definitions include: fully equipped and ready to go.
turn loose	Definitions include: to let a person have free reign.
turn off	Definitions include: something one finds sexually repulsive.
turn on	Definitions include: something one finds sexually exciting.
turn (one's) back on	Definitions include: to no longer give attention to.
turn on the waterworks	Definitions include: to cry, especially for effect.
turn on to	Definitions include: See turn on.
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