Holey
/ˈhəʊl.li/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having, or being full of, holes.
"Fred loved holey Dutch cheese."
Adjective
- 1 allowing passage in and out wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"What should we do with these holey socks?"
Etymology
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”).