hole

həul 1. noun

1) (an opening or gap in or through something: a hole in the fence; holes in my socks.) hull, sprekk

2) (a hollow in something solid: a hole in my tooth; Many animals live in holes in the ground.) hull

3) ((in golf) (the point scored by the player who takes the fewest strokes to hit his ball over) any one of the usually eighteen sections of the golf course between the tees and the holes in the middle of the greens: He won by two holes; We played nine holes.)

2. verb

1) (to make a hole in: The ship was badly holed when it hit the rock.) lage hull i, gjennomhulle

2) (to hit (a ball etc) into a hole: The golfer holed his ball from twelve metres away.)

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- hole out

hull

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subst. \/həʊl\/

1) (gjennom noe) hull, åpning

• a hole in a sock

et hull på en sokk

2) hulrom, grop

• a hole in a tooth

et hull i en tann

3) (sjøfart) gatt

4) (overført) hull, høl

• he lives in a wretched little hole

han bor i et elendig lite høl

5) (hverdagslig) knipe, klemme, forklaring: kinkig eller pinlig situasjon

6) hi

• the hole of a fox

et revehi

7) (golf) hull

• a golf course has eighteen holes

en golfbane har atten hull

8) (golf) forklaring: poeng vunnet av den som får ballen fra tee-en til hullet med færrest slag

9) (overført) feil, brist, svikt

• there are holes in his character

det er brister i hans karakter

blow a hole in ødelegge virkningen av

• the amendment could blow a hole in the legislation

caught like a rat in the hole (overført) trengt opp i et hjørne

halved hole (golf) delt hull

hole in the wall (amer.) en liten, luguber restaurant ; en liten, luguber butikk (britisk, slang) minibank, bankomat

be in a hole (hverdagslig, britisk, austr.) være i en vanskelig situasjon

• I was in a hole

jeg befant meg i en klemme

• get somebody in(to) a hole

sette noen i en klemme

in holes eller all in holes full av hull

• my socks are (all) in holes

jeg har hull overalt på strømpene, strømpene mine er fulle av hull

in the hole (softball, baseball) tredje slagmann i en omgang

be in the hole (amer., hverdagslig) skylde penger

• she is $500 in the hole

hun skylder 500 dollar

knock holes in an argument knuse et argument

like a hole in the head (hverdagslig) ikke i det hele tatt

• right now I need a visit from him like a hole in the head

make a (large) hole in gjøre et dypt innhugg i (pengekassen e.l.)

make a hole-in-one (golf) gjøre hole-in-one (treffe hullet med ett slag fra tee-en)

pick holes eller pick a hole in hakke hull i, hakke hull på (overført) slå hull på, finne feil ved, kritisere

• he was always picking holes

han hadde alltid noe å klage på

put a big hole in (hverdagslig) spise eller drikke en stor del av

wear something into holes slite hull på noe

work holes in slite hull i

• she has worked holes in her trousers

hun har slitt hull i buksene sine

II

verb \/həʊl\/

1) hulle, gjennomhulle, lage hull (i)

2) forklaring: plassere eller legge i hull

3) (golf) gå i hull, slå i hull (ball)

4) få hull, gå i stykker (om sokker)

hole out (golf) slå ballen i hull (cricket, om forsvarer) bli tatt

hole up gå i vinterhi (slang, amer.) gjemme seg, holde seg skjult