"gloryhole" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gloryhole.wav Forms: gloryholes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gloryhole (plural gloryholes)
  1. Alternative spelling of glory hole Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: glory hole
    Sense id: en-gloryhole-en-noun-wWMShrSp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 28 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 28 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 20 19

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gloryhole.wav Forms: gloryholes [present, singular, third-person], gloryholing [participle, present], gloryholed [participle, past], gloryholed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gloryhole (third-person singular simple present gloryholes, present participle gloryholing, simple past and past participle gloryholed)
  1. (mining) To mine using a glory hole. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-gloryhole-en-verb-PFUbjrmz Topics: business, mining
  2. (slang, rare) To have sex through a glory hole. Tags: rare, slang Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-gloryhole-en-verb-q4FuHeXg Disambiguation of Sex: 8 7 86

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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