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gobble holes

gobble holes is the plural of gobble hole.

Meaning of gobble hole

Noun

gobble hole (plural gobble holes)

  1. (pinball) A hole in a pinball table that ends play of the current ball if the ball falls down it.
    • Pinball is a metaphor for life, pitting man's skill, nerve, persistence, and luck against the perverse machinery of human existence. […] But it is replete with perils, too: culs-de-sac, traps, gutters, and gobble holes down which the ball may disappear forever.1987, Gerald Henry Levin, Prose models

Questions about gobble holes

What is gobble holes the plural of?
Gobble holes is the plural of gobble hole.

Words near gobble holes in the dictionary

  1. gobbins
  2. gobbinsite
  3. gobble
  4. gobble down
  5. gobble hole
  6. gobble holes
  7. gobble off
  8. gobble up
  9. gobble-pipe
  10. gobble-pipes
  11. gobbled

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