HOLING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

holing

verb

Definition of holing next

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 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 Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday for the third time in first four years and the first at El Caballero, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole after a back-nine comeback. —

ABC News, 19 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 One hole later, McIlroy birdied again, but Horschel responded with an eagle that included holing a putt from over 30 feet to win the title. —

Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025

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On the way to the next stop, a Tenaris steel plant that produces pipes for drilling oil and gas wells, Khanna suggested his industrial bank would be less vulnerable to political attacks that undermined some of the tax credit regimes that came before.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 28 May 2026
One of the biggest trends is toward minimally invasive dentistry, which limits drilling when possible.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026