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holing

verb

present participle of hole
as in drilling
to make a hole or series of holes in holed the target with a round of shots

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Recent Examples of holing After a three-hour standoff, a man was taken to the hospital Monday morning after holing himself up in an apartment at a Miami high-rise, police said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 The Sooner actually flubbed his first chip shot on the Par 3 before holing his next attempt with pristine touch. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Lucas Glover kept another clean card by holing a 12-foot par putt on his final hole for a 6-under 65 to take a two-shot lead Friday in the John Deere Classic. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Justin Rose was outside the cut line on Friday until holing a chip from deep rough for eagle on his last hole to make it with one shot to spare. — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026 Korda ended her victory by holing a lengthy par putt and cannonballing into the pool installed off the 18th green at Memorial Park, alongside her team and family. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Riviera winner Jacob Bridgeman also had a bogey-free round, rare at Innisbrook, by holing a par putt from just inside 10 feet on the 18th. — Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 Sarkisian in public comments will likely avoid pigeon-holing the pair into set roles, so the duo’s usage in the spring will hint at their roles in the fall. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026 Stay tuned … • Another excellent cold open introduces us to a new major character in Manousos (Carlos Manuel Vesga), who’s treating this situation like a true alien invasion, holing himself up in the office at a storage facility while refusing any interaction with the Others. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holing
  1. drilling
  2. punching
  3. piercing
  4. poking
Verb
  • Naturally, the privilege of drilling your marketing messages into the skulls of TV’s last great mass audience comes at a price.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The company constantly collects data to optimize its operation, since longer drilling times translate to higher costs.
    — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of drilling
Verb
  • Stanley is accused of blocking Rajabi’s car with his body, punching Rajabi’s window and resisting arrest.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
  • An Arkansas State Police trooper was captured on dashcam footage yanking the passenger of a vehicle by his hair and punching him in the face after a high-speed chase that ended in the streets of Blytheville.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of punching
Verb
  • But, even more specifically, the story is in dialogue with the British artist David Austen’s minimal and piercing drawings.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Possible options include ammunition designed for varied levels of impact, including armor-piercing configurations.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of piercing
Verb
  • Traditionally, there’s this rendering of hell as a dark cave with fire, and there’s the devil with a pitchfork poking everybody with it.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • With the help of Nollet, Anderson’s hair was blown and teased away from her forehead, with tinges of pink poking through.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of poking

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“Holing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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