blockhole

English

noun

Definitions

(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have take taken block.
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.

Etymology

Compound from English block (block of flats, n) + English hole (miserable place, a hollow).

Origin

English

hole

Gloss

miserable place, a hollow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

airhole English
antihole English
armhole English
arrow-hole English
arsehole English
asshole English
autoblock English
backblock English
beanhole English
blasthole English
block English
block length English
blockable English
blockade English
blockage English
blockboard English
blockbuster English
blockbusting English
blockchain English
blockee English
blocker English
blockface English
blockfield English
blockfront English
blockful English
blockhead English
blockheaded English
blockhouse English
blockish English
blocklayer English
blocklaying English
blocklike English
blocklist English
blocklong English
blockmaker English
blockmaking English
blockquote English
blockscape English
blockship English
blocksize English
blockstone English
blockwide English
blockwise English
blockwork English
blockworthy English
blocky English
blowhole English
bolt-hole English
bolthole English
boot block English
bootblock English
bootyhole English
borehole English
breechblock English
bullethole English
bumhole English
bunghole English
butthole English
cakehole English
cathole English
cellblock English
chuckhole English
cinderblock English
coal hole English
cockblock English
cockhole English
corehole English
cornhole English
crabhole English
craphole English
creephole English
cryoblock English
cubbyhole English
cumhole English
cyberhole English
deblock English
denehole English
diblock English
dickhole English
dihole English
docblock English
doghole English
downhole English
dreamhole English
driphole English
dusthole English
earhole English
earthhole English
eyehole English
farthole English
feedhole English
fingerhole English
firehole English
flatblock English
foothole English
foxhole English
fuckhole English
funkhole English
geo-block English
gully-hole English
hand-hole English
handhole English
haploblock English
hawsehole English
headblock English
hemiblock English
hole English
hole saw English
hole up English
holeable English
holeful English
holeless English
holelike English
holeproof English
holepunch English
holer English
holeshot English
holey English
holon English
houseblock English
iceblock English
interblock English
jaw-hole English
jawblock English
keyhole English
kneehole English
knothole English
knuckerhole English
lamphole English
leghole English
lughole English
macroblock English
maintenance hole English
manhole English
megablock English
metalloblock English
microblock English
microhole English
midblock English
minihole English
mousehole English
mudhole English
multiblock English
multihole English
nanoblock English
nanohole English
netblock English
nosehole English
oarhole English
outhole English
peehole English
peephole English
pentablock English
permablock English
pesthole English
photohole English
piehole English
pigeonhole English
pinhole English
pisshole English
plughole English
poophole English
pophole English
porthole English
posthole English
pothole English
preblock English
pritchel hole English
pseudoblock English
pukehole English
pushblock English
pussyhole English
quasihole English
rathole English
reblock English
ringhole English
roadblock English
rockhole English
roothole English
rudderhole English
scumhole English
seroblock English
shakehole English
shithole English
shothole English
sigblock English
sighthole English
sinkhole English
sleazehole English
slimehole English
smokehole English
snowhole English
spamblock English
spouthole English
spyhole English
stakehole English
stereoblock English
stinkhole English
stokehole English
stopblock English
stumblingblock English
stumphole English
subblock English
suckhole English
sunblock English
superblock English
tailblock English
tailhole English
taphole English
textblock English
thumbhole English
traphole English
triblock English
unblock English
underhole English
uphole English
venthole English
waterhole English
weephole English
wellhole English
woodblock English
woodhole English
wormhole English
Onanie German
bloc French
block Spanish, Castilian
ブロック Japanese
blok Middle English
hole Middle English
bloc Irish
blokovat Czech
block Manx
ဘလောက် Burmese
block Middle Low German
블록 Korean
হোল Bengali
hul Tok Pisin
olo Sranan Tongo