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glory holing

glory holing is the present participle and gerund of glory hole.

Meaning of glory hole

Noun

glory hole (plural glory holes)

  1. (slang) A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
    • The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 75
  2. A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
  3. A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
  4. An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
  5. (slang) A military trench.
  6. A generally untidy place.

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Questions about glory holing

What is glory holing the present participle and gerund of?
Glory holing is the present participle and gerund of glory hole.

Words near glory holing in the dictionary

  1. glory bush
  2. glory days
  3. glory hole
  4. glory holed
  5. glory holes
  6. glory holing
  7. glory hunter
  8. glory hunters
  9. glory lilies
  10. glory lily
  11. glory pea

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