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English Idioms :: hollow
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hollow - See: BEAT ALL HOLLOW also BEAT HOLLOW. |
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Traditional English :: hollow
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hollow - adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1 a having a hole or cavity inside; not solid throughout. b having a depression; sunken (hollow cheeks).
2 (of a sound) echoing, as though made in or on a hollow container.
3 empty; hungry.
4 without significance; meaningless (a hollow triumph).
5 insincere; cynical; false (a hollow laugh; hollow promises). --n. 1 a hollow place; a hole.
2 a valley; a basin. --v.tr. (often foll. by out) make hollow; excavate. --adv. colloq. completely (beaten hollow). hollow-eyed with eyes deep sunk. hollow-hearted insincere. hollow square Mil. hist. a body of infantry drawn up in a square with a space in the middle. in the hollow of one's hand entirely subservient to one. hollowly adv. hollowness n. [ME holg, holu, hol(e)we f. OE holh cave, rel. to HOLE] |
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Related Words
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hippie
sleepy
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Most Often Usage
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tar hollow state park
hollow point bullet
butcher hollow
creepy hollow
crest hollow country club
dale hollow lake
dale hollow
hollow earth
happy hollow
hickory hollow mall
hickory hollow
hippie hollow
sleepy hollow country club
sleepy hollow campground
dale hollow house boat rental
fox hollow golf
sleepy hollow the movie
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