Synonyms of holing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilling
• punching
• piercing
• poking
• puncturing
• perforating
• tapping
• riddling
• boring
• cutting
• penetrating
• breaking
• splitting
• excavating
• broaching
• pricking
• slashing
• slitting
• gouging
• grooving
• rupturing
• hollowing
• notching
• rending
• burrowing (into)
• prickling
• gashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• sealing
• plugging
• patching

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of holing

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

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