keɪkhoʊl ˈfɪks ɡɒb ɡɑb ˈmʌdəl jæp make holes in hit the ball into the hole an opening deliberately made in or through something one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course he played 18 holes informal terms for the mouth an opening into or through something a depression hollowed out of solid matter an unoccupied space informal terms for a difficult situation he got into a terrible fix he made a muddle of his marriage a fault he shot holes in my argument