noun
- An opening into or through something.
- An opening deliberately made in or through something.
- One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course.
- usage: "he played 18 holes"
- synonyms: golf hole
- An unoccupied space.
- A depression hollowed out of solid matter.
- synonyms: hollow
- A fault.
- usage: "he shot holes in my argument"
- Informal terms for a difficult situation.
- usage: "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
- Informal terms for the mouth.
verb
- Hit the ball into the hole.
- synonyms: hole out
- Make holes in. .
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