an opening through something; gap; aperture

a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.

a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity

a hole in the ground.

the excavated habitation of an animal; burrow.

a small, dingy, or shabby place

I couldn't live in a hole like that.

a place of solitary confinement; dungeon.

an embarrassing position or predicament

to find oneself in a hole.

a cove or small harbor.

a fault or flaw

They found serious holes in his reasoning.

a deep, still place in a stream

a swimming hole.

Sports .

a small cavity, into which a marble, ball, or the like is to be played.

a score made by so playing.

Golf .

the circular opening in a green into which the ball is to be played.

a part of a golf course from a tee to the hole corresponding to it, including fairway, rough, and hazards.

the number of strokes taken to hit the ball from a tee into the hole corresponding to it.

Informal . opening; slot

The radio program was scheduled for the p.m. hole. We need an experienced person to fill a hole in our accounting department.

Metalworking . (in wire drawing) one reduction of a section.

Electronics . a mobile vacancy in the electronic structure of a semiconductor that acts as a positive charge carrier and has equivalent mass.

Aeronautics . an air pocket that causes a plane or other aircraft to drop suddenly.

to make a hole or holes in.

to put or drive into a hole.

Golf . to hit the ball into (a hole).

to bore (a tunnel, passage, etc.).

to make a hole or holes. ?

hole out, Golf . to strike the ball into a hole

He holed out in five, one over par.

hole up,

to go into a hole; retire for the winter, as a hibernating animal.

to hide, as from pursuers, the police, etc.

The police think the bank robbers are holed up in Chicago.

burn a hole in one's pocket

to urge one to spend money quickly

His inheritance was burning a hole in his pocket.

hole in the wall, a small or confining place, esp. one that is dingy, shabby

or out-of-the-way

Their first shop was a real hole in the wall.

in a or the hole

in debt; in straitened circumstances

After Christmas I am always in the hole for at least a month.

Baseball, Softball . pitching or batting with the count of balls or balls and strikes to one's disadvantage, esp. batting with a count of two strikes and one ball or none.

Stud Poker . being the card or one of the cards dealt face down in the first round

a king in the hole.

make a hole in

to take a large part of

A large bill from the dentist made a hole in her savings.

pick a hole or holes in

to find a fault or flaw in

As soon as I presented my argument, he began to pick holes in it.

noun

closure , solid , advantage , benefit , good fortune , awl , bit , bodkin , bore , closure. associatedwords: auger , dibble , drill , eyeleteer , gimlet , gouge , imperforable , imperforate , imperforation , perforate , pierce , pink , plug , probe , punch , puncheon , puncture , spigot , spile , stylet , wimble

noun

aperture , breach , break , burrow , cave , cavern , cavity , chamber , chasm , chink , cistern , cleft , covert , crack , cranny , crater , cut , den , dent , depression , dimple , dip , excavation , eyelet , fissure , foramen , fracture , gap , gash , gorge , hollow , hovel , keyhole , lacuna , lair , leak , mouth , nest , niche , nick , notch , orifice , outlet , passage , peephole , perforation , pit , pocket , pockmark , puncture , rent , retreat , scoop , shaft , shelter , space , split , tear , tunnel , vacuity , vent , void , windownotes:a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something , while whole means complete , not divided , box * , corner * , difficulty , dilemma , emergency , fix , imbroglio , impasse , jam , mess , pickle * , plight , quandary , scrape , spot , tanglenotes:a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something , rupture , opening , hut , shack , shanty , box , corner , deep water , dutch , hot spot , hot water , quagmire , soup , trouble , abyss , alveolus , brig , bung , cache , concavity , cove , cover , crevice , deep , defect , delve , dump , dungeon , fault , fistula , flaw , grotto , holt , inlet , interstice , jail , loophole , manhole , meatus , mine , mortise , muse , muset , nook , os , osculum , pothole , predicament , prison , recess , scupper , scuttle , slit , slot , spiracle , trepan , trephine , vacuum

verb

break , gap , perforate , pierce , puncture

phrasal verb

hide out