EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
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hole 1 , s . Poll m . 1 a Prochóg f , sáinn f , poll m . F : He is in a hole , tá sé sa dol ; tá sé i sáinn . b Poll m (coinín) . c F : Dead and alive hole , ruta marbhánta . 2 Poll m ; (of strap) súil f . Mec .E : Inspection hole , poll m breithnithe . To bore a hole , poll a ghearradh . To wear a hole in a garment , poll a chur i mball éadaigh . (Of garment) To wear, go, into holes , poill a dhéanamh . Stockings in holes , stocaí pollta . To make a hole in sth ., poll a chur i rud . To knock holes in an argument , na cosa a bhaint d'argóint .
hole 2 . 1 v .tr . a Pollaim (rud) ; cuirim poll i (rud) . b (Golf) To hole the ball , an liathróid a chur sa pholl . 2 v .i . Pollann .
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Air-holes of bellows , poll gaoithe boilg .
Money burns his fingers, burns a hole in his pocket , mheilfeadh airgead ina mhéara .
F : To wear a button-hole , pabhsae brollaigh a chaitheamh .
Button-hole stitch , greim m lúbóige .
To button-hole s.o ., bleid a bhualadh ar dhuine ; duine a gheafáil .
Countersink (hole) , leacóg f .
Full of holes , lán de phoill ; ina chriathar poll .
Golf : Halved hole , poll comhroinnte .
Inspection hole , súil choimeádta (i gcomhla) .
Judas(-hole), (-trap) , poll m cúlchoimeádta .
To knock a hole in, through, sth ., poll a bhriseadh ar, i, rud .
To let a strap out one hole , strapa a bhogadh poll .
To find a loop-hole of escape , poll éalaithe a aimsiú .
To open a hole in the wall , poll a bhriseadh ar an mballa .
F : He is a square peg in a round hole , is é an gabha ag déanamh bróg é .
F : To pick holes in sth ., lochtaí a fháil ar rud .
Wall pierced with loop-holes , balla faoi phoill lámhaigh .
Placket(-hole) , s . Oscailt f (i gcoim sciorta) .
To plug (up) a hole , poll a stopadh, a chalcadh ; stopallán a chur i bpoll .
To poke a hole in sth ., rud a pholladh (le do mhéar, le maide, etc.) .
Road full of pot-holes , bóthar lán de phoill .
To prick a hole in sth ., poillín a chur i rud le bior .
To putty (up) a hole , poll a dhúnadh le puití .
To die like a rat in a hole , anbhás a fháil i dteannta gan chabhair gan chúnamh .
He scrambled through the hole , tharraing sé é féin tríd an bpoll .
To scratch a hole , poll a thochailt .
He squeezed himself through the hole , sháigh sé é féin tríd an bpoll .
F : To stick a rose in one's button-hole , rós a chur i do lúbóg .
To stuff up a hole , poll a líonadh, a dhingeadh, a stopadh .
To tear a hole in sth ., poll a chur i rud .
Cu : Toad in the hole , buaf i bpoll .
The hole was too narrow for a mouse to come in by , bhí an poll róchúng ag luch le teacht isteach tríd .
We had a top-hole time , bhí an-spraoi againn .
The ball just trickled into the hole , ní raibh ann ach gur éalaigh an liathróid isteach sa pholl .
To wear sth. into holes, to wear holes into sth ., rud a chaitheamh go dtiocfadh poill ann .
It wore into holes , rinne criathar poll de ; rinne sé poill ar fad .