♦ hole

♦ hole
♦ hole /həʊl/
n.
1 buco (anche fig.); foro; pertugio; apertura: holes in one's socks, buchi nei calzini; a hole in the roof, un foro nel tetto; a hole in the ozone layer, un buco nello strato di ozono; to make a hole in st., fare un grosso buco in (un patrimonio, ecc.); to burn a hole, fare un buco; to punch a hole, fare un buco col punzone; to wear a hole in one's socks, farsi un buco nei calzini; a deep hole, un foro profondo; a gaping hole, un grosso buco; uno squarcio
2 buca; fossa; cavità; pozza (di fiume): a road full of holes, una strada piena di buche; swimming hole, specchio d'acqua (formato da un fiume, ecc.) in cui nuotare; to dig a hole, scavare una buca
3 tana; cunicolo; buco: a rabbit hole, la tana d'un coniglio
4 (golf, biliardo) buca; punto ottenuto facendo una buca: hole in one, buca in un colpo
5 (naut.) falla; squarcio
6 [u] cella (d'isolamento)
7 (fig. fam.) buco (fig.); catapecchia; stamberga; brutto posto: What a hole!, che postaccio!
8 (fam.) difetto; punto debole; falla: Your theory is full of holes, la tua teoria ha molti punti deboli (o fa acqua); to pick holes in st., trovare punti deboli in qc.; criticare qc.; fare le pulci a qc.
9 (fam.) situazione delicata; pasticcio; guaio: to be in a hole, essere in un guaio; to put sb. in a hole, mettere q. in una situazione delicata (o nei pasticci)
10 (slang) bocca
11 (slang USA) metropolitana
12 (volg.) buco del culo (volg.); vagina
● (fam.) hole-and-corner, segreto, nascosto, clandestino; illegale; illecito □ (poker) hole card, carta coperta (nello «stud poker»; ► stud /2/) □ a hole in a tooth, una carie □ hole in the wall, (fam. ingl.) sportello Bancomat; (fam. spreg. USA) ristorantino; baretto; negozietto, botteguccia □ hole-puncher, perforatrice, punzonatore (per ufficio) □ in holes, (di abito, ecc.) pieno di buchi; a brandelli □ (fig. fam. USA) in the hole, in debito □ (fam.) I need it like a hole in the head, è l'ultima cosa di cui ho bisogno; non mi manca che questo.
(to) hole /həʊl/
A v. t.
1 bucare; forare; perforare
2 (naut.) squarciare il fianco di (una nave)
3 praticare, fare (un foro, ecc.)
4 (golf, anche to hole out) mettere (o mandare) in buca (la palla)
5 (ind. min.) mettere (due gallerie) in comunicazione
B v. i.
1 fare buchi
2 entrare in un buco
3 (golf) andare in buca; fare una buca.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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