holer
Tool creating openings
A holer is someone or something that makes holes.
The word appears most often in compounds: post-holer, hole-puncher.
On its own, holer is rare and informal, describing anyone engaged in the act of making holes: The holer drilled through the drywall in minutes.
Failing to engage interest
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- punchingStriking with closed fist
- perforatingMaking holes through
penetrating · gouging · reaming · coring · tapping · puncturing · channeling · broaching
One who unearths
- tunnelerOne who excavates passages
- minerOne who excavates ore
- burrowerOne who tunnels underground
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
driller · well-sinker · prospector · quarrier · trencher · boring machine · backhoe · dredger
drill
Hole-boring device
awl · borer · reamer · bit · brace · chuck · paper punch · bradawl · piercer · perforator
boring
Failing to engage interest
perforating · penetrating · gouging · reaming · coring · tapping · puncturing · channeling · broaching · sinking
digger
One who unearths
excavator · driller · well-sinker · prospector · quarrier · trencher · boring machine · backhoe · dredger · groundbreaker
ace
Single-pip card
birdie · cup · green · tee shot · fairway · links · driving · approach · pin · flagstick
- black holesRegions of inescapable gravity
- rabbit holeHare's underground dwelling
- bullet holeProjectile's entry point
- hole in oneBall in from tee
- holed upConcealed oneself somewhere
- hole upSeclude oneself in hiding
hole, holes, holed, holing, holey, pinhole, pothole, potholes, manhole