hole
/hoʊl/
verb
- To make a hole or holes in something.
- The bullet holed the metal fence.
- Be careful not to hole the boat when you drop the anchor.
- The machine holes the leather for the shoelaces.
- To hit a golf ball into the hole.
- She holed a long putt from across the green.
- He holed the ball from the bunker to save par.
- They watched as the champion holed the winning shot.
noun
- An empty space or opening in a solid object or surface.
- The dog dug a deep hole in the backyard.
- She poked a hole in the paper with her pencil.
- There was a small hole in the wall where the nail used to be.
- A place where an animal lives, especially in the ground or in a tree.
- The rabbit disappeared into its hole under the fence.
- A woodpecker made a hole in the old oak tree.
- The mouse scurried back to its hole in the wall.
- A difficult or unpleasant situation.
- The team dug themselves into a hole by losing the first three games.
- He found himself in a financial hole after losing his job.
- She helped me get out of a hole when I was struggling with my project.
- A flaw or weak point in an argument, plan, or system.
- The lawyer found a hole in the witness's story.
- His theory has a big hole because it doesn't explain the data.
- There is a hole in our security system that needs to be fixed.
- In golf, the cup on the green into which the ball is hit, or one of the sections of the course from tee to cup.
- He played the front nine holes in under par.
- The eighteenth hole is the most challenging on the course.
- She sank the putt and finished the hole in three strokes.
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