hole

Verb

• make holes in

• hit the ball into the hole

Noun

• informal terms for the mouth

• informal terms for a difficult situation
  • he got into a terrible fix
    
  • he made a muddle of his marriage
    

• a fault
  • he shot holes in my argument
    

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• an unoccupied space

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

• an opening deliberately made in or through something

• an opening into or through something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hole out , trap , cakehole , maw , yap , gob , fix , jam , mess , muddle , pickle , kettle of fish , hollow , golf hole