Hole

  • 71hole — I Australian Slang 1. embarrassing position or predicament: to find oneself in a hole ; 2. filthy, disgusting, boring, or otherwise objectionable place; 3. any of certain apertures of the body, as the mouth, anus, or female genitals II Everyday… …

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  • 72hole — [OE] Etymologically, a hole is a ‘hollow’ place. It originated as a noun use of the Old English adjective hol ‘hollow’ which, together with German hohl, Dutch hol, and Danish hul, all meaning ‘hollow’, goes back to a prehistoric German *khulaz.… …

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  • 73hole up — v Hide. I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me. 1870s …

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  • 74hole up — PHRASAL VERB If you hole up somewhere, you hide or shut yourself there, usually so that people cannot find you or disturb you. [INFORMAL] [V P] His creative process involves holing up in his Paris flat with the phone off the hook …

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  • 75hole — həʊl n. opening, gap; cavity, hollow; burrow, den; pothole; prison cell; dingy dirty place v. excavate, create a hole, perforate …

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  • 76hole n — 1) A baker stopped making donuts after he got tired of the hole thing. 2) The case against a donut thief was full of holes. drive v, hopeful adj …

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  • 77hole up — 1) the bears hole up in winter Syn: hibernate, lie dormant 2) informal the snipers holed up in a farmhouse Syn: hide (out), conceal oneself, secrete oneself, shelter, take cover, lie low …

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  • 78hole — Noun. A despicable or undesirable place. E.g. You re welcome to come over to mine, but it s a bit of a hole …

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  • 79Hole — Admin ASC 2 Code Orig. name Hole Country and Admin Code NO.04.0612 NO …

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  • 80ˌhole (sb) ˈup — phrasal verb if you hole up somewhere, or if you are holed up somewhere, you stay there, especially because you are hiding …

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