hole

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Old English hol (“‘orifice, hollow place’”), from Proto-Germanic *khulaz, from Proto-Indo-European base *kel-.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /həʊl/, SAMPA: /h@Ul/
• (US) enPR: hōl, IPA: /hoʊl/, SAMPA: /hoUl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophones: whole (depends on accent)

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hole (plural holes)

1. A open hollow spot in a surface; a cavity
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.

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. (anatomy, slang) An orifice, in particular the anus
11. (informal) The place where a prisoner is kept; a cell; a lockup.
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.

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to 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• holeable
• holer
• hole up

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• OHLE