hole

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Etymology[edit]

Middle English, from Old English hol 'orifice, hollow place', from Proto-Germanic *hulan (compare Middle Dutch hool, German Höhle, Old Norse holr, Walloon hol), noun form of Proto-Germanic *hulaz 'hollow'. More at hollow.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (RP) IPA: /həʊl/, [həʊɫ], /hɒʊl/, [hɒʊɫ], X-SAMPA: /h@Ul/, [h@U5], /hQUl/, [hQU5]
  • Rhymes: -əʊl
  • (US) IPA: /hoʊl/, [hoʊɫ], X-SAMPA: /hoUl/, [hoU5]
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  • Rhymes: -oʊl
  • Homophone: whole (depends on accent)

Noun[edit]

hole (plural holes)

  1. A hollow spot in a surface.
    Get some popcorn out of that popcorn bucket hole.
  2. An opening in a solid.
    There’s a hole in my bucket.
  3. (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
  4. (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
    I played 18 holes yesterday. The second hole today cost me three strokes over par.
  5. (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
  6. (figuratively) A weakness, a flaw
    I have found a hole in your argument.
    • 2011, Fun - We Are Young
      But between the drinks and subtle things
      The holes in my apologies, you know
      I’m trying hard to take it back
  7. (informal) A container or receptacle.
    car hole; brain hole
  8. (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
  9. (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
  10. (slang anatomy) An orifice, in particular the anus.
  11. (informal) A high-security prison cell, often used as punishment.
  12. (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel
    His apartment is a hole!
  13. (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
    The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
  14. (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.

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Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from hole (noun)

Translations[edit]

hollow in some surface
opening in a solid
weakness, flaw
container
lack of an electron
security vulnerability
orifice
place where a prisoner is kept
undesirable place
portion of a game of golf
pit — see pit
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Verb[edit]

hole (third-person singular simple present holes, present participle holing, simple past and past participle holed)

  1. (transitive) To make holes in (an object or surface).
    Shrapnel holed the ship's hull.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To destroy.
    She completely holed the argument.
  3. To go or get into a hole.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
  4. (transitive) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
    to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars
  5. (transitive) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
    Woods holed a standard three foot putt

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

to make holes
to drive into a hole

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈhoːlə/

Verb[edit]

hole

  1. First-person singular present of holen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of holen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of holen.
  4. Imperative singular of holen.
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