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holey

/ ˈhəʊlɪ /

adjective

  1. full of holes


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Example Sentences

When Orlean recently tweeted the question, “Is it ‘holy moly’ or ‘holey moley’ or ‘holy moley’?”

An Alpine cheese in the Swiss family is made holey by trapped carbon dioxide, though its flavor is mellow and nutty.

Don't get thinkin' of somethin' else and come down with one whole and one holey, same as you did last time.

But those I brought from home, though sanctified and made holey by arduous labours in other fields, will do for the present.

I hunted out the holey socks and then I turned my attention to the trunk.

He had not had a really satisfying meal since leaving Holey Lake.

The cloth was also examined under a magnifying glass, and if found pin-holey or spotted, the weaver was fined.

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