What should we do with these holey socks?
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Holey
//ˈhəʊl.li//
Synonyms for "holey" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Related word relations
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Translations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- тишек adj (containing holes)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дупчест adj (containing holes)
Esperanto
1 entries- trua adj (containing holes)
French
1 entries- troué adj (containing holes)
German
1 entries- löchrig adj (containing holes)
Ido
1 entries- truala adj (containing holes)
Ingrian
1 entries- uutukas adj (containing holes)
Māori
3 entries- pihangarua adj (containing holes)
- puhangarua adj (containing holes)
- watawata adj (containing holes)
Polish
1 entries- dziurawy adj (containing holes)
Russian
1 entries- дыря́вый adj (containing holes)
Spanish
1 entries- ojoso adj (containing holes)
Volapük
1 entries- hogik adj (containing holes)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
His trousers were holey, his shirt stitched with rough and ready repairs, but in curious contrast were the elegant new shoes he was wearing.
Source: tatoeba (12119411)
Fred loved holey Dutch cheese.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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