Meaning & use
lug hole
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Meaning
nouncountableinformalBritish
An ear, especially when talked about in a rough or joking way.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a lug hole or his lug holes.
Patterns
- someone's lug hole
- a lug hole
He whispered something into my lug hole and I laughed.
The boxer had a swollen lug hole after the fight.
She put her hands over her lug holes when the music got too loud.
Word forms
| plural | lug holes |
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Common combinations
- a swollen lug hole
- He had a swollen lug hole after the infection.
- cover your lug holes
- Cover your lug holes — the plane is really noisy.
- whisper into someone's lug hole
- She whispered into his lug hole so no one else could hear.
Synonyms and how they differ
- ear
- This is the normal, neutral word; lug hole is informal and can sound rude.
- lughole
- This is the same word written as one word; both spellings are used in British English.
Word family
- lug noun
- A handle or part that sticks out, or informally an ear.
Commonly confused: lug hole or loop hole? lug hole or lughole?
lug hole vs loop hole
A loophole is a way to avoid a rule; a lug hole is an ear. The spelling and meaning are different.
lug hole vs lughole
This is just another spelling of the same informal word.
Practice
Choose the best sentence using 'lug hole' correctly.
Choose one answer.
A lug hole is an informal word for an ear, so a ring in a lug hole makes sense. The other sentences use 'hole' in a literal way, which is not the meaning of this slang term.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “lug hole”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.