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

Fitzpatrick was dialed in from the start, holing a 7-foot birdie putt on the opening hole at Le Golf National, reaching the green in two on the par-5 third for birdie and then hitting wedge to 4 feet for birdie on the sixth. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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

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