hole
noun
1 noun hollow, openingpoll masc1 he fell into a hole thit sé isteach i bpollit put a hole in the tyre chuir sé poll sa bhonnhis socks had holes in them bhí poill ina chuid stocaíthere are four screw holes tá ceithre pholl scriú ann 2 noun ZOOL burrowpoll masc1 the mouse ran into its hole rith an luch isteach ina polla rabbit hole poll coinínTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun omission, deficiencylúb ar lár there are a few holes in their argument tá cúpla lúb ar lár ina n-argóintthey found a hole in the security d'aimsigh siad bearna sa tslándáil 4 noun GOLFpoll masc1 it bounced over the hole phreab sé thar an bpoll 5 noun GOLF section of coursepoll masc1 the 18th hole an 18ú pollwe played nine holes d'imríomar naoi bpoll 6 noun informal awful placepoll masc1 that place is a real hole is poll ceart é an áit sinI hate this hole of a country is fuath liom an poll seo de thír, is fuath liom an tír ghránna seo 7 noun informal difficult situationsáinn fem2 cruachás masc1 they find themselves in a hole now tá siad i sáinn anois, tá siad i gcruachás anois, tá siad san fhaopach anoisthey got him out of a hole thug siad as gábh é, thug siad tarrtháil air 8 noun vulgar anuspoll vulgar masc1 poll tóna vulgar 9 noun vulgar arsetóin fem3 he sat on his hole all day shuigh sé ar a thóin an lá ar fadget off your hole and do something! éirigh de do thóin agus déan rud éigin!
verb
10 verb make hole in TRANSITIVEpoll a chur i poll a dhéanamh i poll verb the ship was holed under the waterline polladh an long faoin líne shnámha 11 verb GOLF strike ball into hole INTRANSITIVEan liathróid a chur sa phollshe holed from forty feet chuir sí an liathróid sa pholl ó dhaichead troighto hole in one an liathróid a chur sa pholl d'aon bhuille amháin