hole : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
  pocket; air pocket.
  
• noun a hole that allows the passage of air
  

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Air" hole`

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1. A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.
2. (Founding) A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.

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• noun a region of space resulting from the collapse of a star; extremely high gravitational field
  

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Black" hole`

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1. A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air.

   A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. H. Spencer.

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• noun a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive
  

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• a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.

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• noun a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den
  

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• noun a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
  bore-hole; bore.
  

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• noun a hole made by a bullet passing through it
  

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• noun a hole through which buttons are pushed
  buttonhole.
  

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Cat"-hole` noun

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1. (Naut.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.

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• a deep hole in a wagon rut.

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• a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot.

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• noun a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
  bore-hole; bore.
  

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• noun a hole (as in a helmet) for sound to reach the ears
  

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• a hole made for an eyelet.

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• noun one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
  
• noun a hole for inserting a finger
  

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• . (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace.

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• noun a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
  foxhole.
  

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• noun dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
  

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• the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.

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• (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.

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• noun a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship
  lazaretto.
  

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• an opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. Knight.

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• noun one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
  hole.
  
  • he played 18 holes

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• noun a hole in the ground made by gophers
  

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• the opening through which gutters discharge surface water.

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Hand"-hole noun

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1. (Steam Boilers) A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, etc.

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• the cover of a hand-hole.

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• a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes.

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• clandestine, underhand. Colloq. "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery. " Dickens.

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• (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; called also compass board.

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• noun any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously
  
• noun (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown
  

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• verb hit the ball into the hole
  hole.
  

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• verb remain secluded or in hiding
  
  • He is writing his book and is holing up in his study
• verb score a hole in one
  
• verb sleep during winter
  hibernate.
  
  • Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves

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• adjective satellite relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
  hole-and-corner.
  
  • a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells
• adjective satellite conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
  hugger-mugger; clandestine; secret; surreptitious; underground; cloak-and-dagger; hush-hush; undercover.
  
  • clandestine intelligence operations
  • cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines
  • hole-and-corner intrigue
  • secret missions
  • a secret agent
  • secret sales of arms
  • surreptitious mobilization of troops
  • an undercover investigation
  • underground resistance

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• adjective satellite relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life
  hole-and-corner.
  
  • a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells

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• noun a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place
  
  • his office was a hole-in-the-wall

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• a peephole or secret opening for spying.

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• noun (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
  kettle.
  

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• a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted.

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• noun hole in a platform on a mast through which a sailor can climb without going out on the shrouds
  

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• (Naut.), a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten.

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• noun a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth
  

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• noun a hole left after a nail is removed
  

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• (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process.

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• noun an area of the ozone layer (near the poles) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
  

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Peep"ing hole`

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1. See Peephole.

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• . (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house . (b) See Pigeonhole. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. Halliwell.

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• a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation.

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• (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole.

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Pit"-hole` noun

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1. A pit; a pockmark.

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• noun a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post
  posthole.
  

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• a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post in.

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• noun a shovel used to sink postholes
  posthole digger.
  

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• noun a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits
  rabbit burrow.
  

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• a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

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• noun drill hole for a charge of an explosive
  

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• a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged.

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Sight"-hole` noun

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1. A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak.

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• . (a) The opening to a sink drain . (b) A cesspool . (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.

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• the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed.

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• noun a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape
  

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• noun a hole in a soundboard (as of a violin) designed to resonate with the tones
  

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• a small air hole in a cask; a vent.

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• a loophole; evasion. Obs.

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• (Naut.), openings in the edge of a staysail through which the hanks pass which join it to the stay.

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• noun a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
  sink; sinkhole.
  

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• noun a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming
  

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Teaze"-hole` noun

Etymology

Corrupted fr. F. tisard fire door.

Definitions

1. (Glass Works) The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

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• to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. Cant

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• noun sausage baked in batter
  

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• adjective satellite excellent; best possible
  top-flight; topping.
  

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• noun a hole for the escape of gas or air
  vent; blowhole; venthole.
  

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• noun a natural hole or hollow containing water
  

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• noun a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
  watering place; spa.
  

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