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hole

/hoʊl/noun, verb1 syllable

Hole means: informal terms for a difficult situation.

Synonyms for hole14

noun, as in informal terms for a difficult situation

fix, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

noun, as in informal terms for the mouth

trap, cakehole, maw, yap, gob

noun, as in one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

golf hole

noun, as in a depression hollowed out of solid matter

verb, as in hit the ball into the hole

hole out

What does hole mean?10

noun

1

informal terms for a difficult situation“he got into a terrible fix”

2

informal terms for the mouth

3

one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course“he played 18 holes”

4

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

5

an opening into or through something

6

an opening deliberately made in or through something

7

an unoccupied space

8

a fault“he shot holes in my argument”

verb

1

hit the ball into the hole

2

make holes in

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hole?23

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All 23 rhymes for hole, grouped by syllable

Hole in a sentence

  • He noticed a hole in his jacket, but he tried to ignore it.CM
  • If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.Scott
  • If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.ingenius000
  • And if the vacuum explodes, it is called a black hole.BraveSentry
  • When you find yourself in a hole, you just have to dig yourself out.Swift
  • Once any matter falls into a black hole, it disappears from the visible universe.Hybrid
  • As objects fall toward the black hole, they heat up and get very hot.Hybrid
  • On colder days, they curl up or dig a hole in the snow.speedwell

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hole

as a noun

plural
holes

as a verb

past tense
holed
present participle
holing
third-person singular
holes
past participle
holed