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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoʊl |
Definition of hole
Origin :- Old English hol "orifice, hollow place, cave, perforation," from Proto-Germanic *hul (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German hol, Middle Dutch hool, Old Norse holr, German hohl "hollow," Gothic us-hulon "to hollow out"), from PIE root *kel- (see cell).
- As a contemptuous word for "small dingy lodging or abode" it is attested from 1610s. Meaning "a fix, scrape, mess" is from 1760. Obscene slang use for "vulva" is implied from mid-14c. Hole in the wall "small and unpretentious place" is from 1822; to hole up first recorded 1875. To need (something) like a hole in the head, applied to something useless or detrimental, first recorded 1944 in entertainment publications, probably a translation of a Yiddish expression, cf. ich darf es vi a loch in kop.
- noun opening in a solid object
- noun predicament
- I ain't ever met a person yet was satisfied with the hole they was in.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Charmed, old man; deuced pally of you to stay by us down in that hole, you know.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He dug a hole and he covered it with branches and leaves and a little grass.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- There was plenty of water in the hole, which is about six feet deep.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- At about noon we found some water in a gully by scratching a hole, but it was quite salt.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Papa was the Pussycat and she was the little mouse in her hole under the bed-clothes.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- "Don't put me in the hole," said Moxy, now using the definite article.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- What he wanted was an assurance that he would not be put in the hole.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Such is the story of the hole which you have marked, and of the smudge upon the wood.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The boiler leaked at nearly every hole where a tap had been screwed into it.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
Synonyms for hole
- aperture
- box
- breach
- break
- burrow
- cave
- cavern
- cavity
- chamber
- chasm
- chink
- cistern
- cleft
- corner
- covert
- crack
- cranny
- crater
- cut
- den
- dent
- depression
- difficulty
- dilemma
- dimple
- dip
- emergency
- excavation
- eyelet
- fissure
- fix
- foramen
- fracture
- gap
- gash
- gorge
- hollow
- hovel
- imbroglio
- impasse
- jam
- keyhole
- lacuna
- lair
- leak
- mess
- mouth
- nest
- niche
- nick
- notch
- orifice
- outlet
- passage
- peephole
- perforation
- pickle
- pit
- plight
- pockmark
- puncture
- quandary
- rent
- retreat
- scoop
- scrape
- shaft
- shelter
- space
- split
- spot
- tangle
- tear
- tunnel
- vacuity
- vent
- void
- window
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