holey
/ˈhəʊl.li/UK/ˈhəʊli/
holey adjective: having, or being full of, holes.
Adjective
holey (comparative holier, superlative holiest)
- Having, or being full of, holes.
- Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
- Steven also acknowledged that his presentation of self—wild locs, nerd glasses, and holey hipster jeans for our first interview—encourages whites to speak to him.2014, Zandria F. Robinson, chapter 3, in This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 111
holey meaning in Tamil and Bengali
holey in Tamil
- கிழிசல்
holey in Bengali
- ছিদ্র বিশিষ্ট, বা ছিদ্রে পূর্ণ
Forms of holey
| comparative | holier |
|---|---|
| superlative | holiest |
Origin of holey
From Middle English holy, holi, holly, holli (“holey, spongy, hollow”); equivalent to hole + -y. The e was inserted in Modern English to distinguish the word from holy (“hallowed, sacred”).
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Questions about holey
- What does holey mean?
- Holey means having, or being full of, holes.
- What is holey in Tamil?
- Holey in Tamil is கிழிசல். See Holey meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is holey?
- Holey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce holey?
- Holey is pronounced /ˈhəʊl.li/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: holey (page history and authors); holey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); holey (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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