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Word: hole (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A hollow spot in a surface.
  • An opening in a solid.
  • slang An excavation pit or trench.
  • baseball The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
  • computer A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
  • anatomy|slang An orifice, in particular the anus.
  • figurative A weakness, a flaw
  • golf A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
  • golf The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
  • informal A container or receptacle.
  • informal A high-security prison cell, often used as punishment.
  • physics In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
  • slang An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel

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Verb:

  • by extention To destroy.
  • transitive To make holes in (an object or surface).

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