hole
hole
hoƊl
howl
/hˈə‍ʊl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hole"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻ›āĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ

an empty space in the body or surface of something solid
hole definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a large hole in the roof after the storm passed through.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻ›āĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ

an opening deliberately made in or through something
03

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

the playing period for each part of the course
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He struggled on the back nine, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āύāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ 4.5 āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āĻ• āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻ–āĻžāĻĻ

a depression hollowed out of solid matter
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž

an unoccupied or empty space within a structure, plan, or arrangement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They found a hole in the traffic and quickly merged onto the highway.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻŽā§āĻ–

a slang term for the mouth, often used in a derogatory or humorous manner
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She told him to keep his hole shut during the meeting.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž, āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ

a difficult or problematic situation, often one that is challenging to escape or resolve
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She dug herself into a hole by lying to her friends.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ, āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ

a flaw or defect in a plan, argument, system, or piece of work that weakens its overall integrity or effectiveness
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There 's a hole in the argument that needs addressing before the presentation.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
09

āϏāĻžāϜāĻž āϏ⧇āϞ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϏ⧇āϞ

a separate, isolated unit in prison with reduced privileges
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Inmates in the hole have limited access to phones and TV.
āϏ⧋āϞ-āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ›āĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to create openings or perforations in a material or object by drilling, cutting, or other means
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The worker had to hole the metal sheets before they could be installed.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϤāĻŦ āĻļā§€āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āχāύāĻ¸ā§āϟāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

(golf) to successfully hit the ball into the hole, typically with a putt
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He holed a long eagle putt on the par-5 18th.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰ-5 18āϤāĻŽ āĻšā§‹āϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āψāĻ—āϞ āĻĒāĻžāϟ āĻšā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

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