glory hole

plural glory holes

1. slanglifestyleA hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.

   His personal assistants wear go-go boots and every vocal booth / Must have a glory hole

   2009, “Scoliosis Jones”, in Jhelli Beam, performed by Busdriver

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   The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection.

   1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 75

   One trick I used is turning things into a word problem. For example, if there are three glory holes in the bathroom at the club and 28 guys at the circuit party, how many rotations of guys will it take before everybody's had a turn?

   2009, Richard Appel, “Family Gay”, in Family Guy, season 7, episode 8, spoken by Peter Griffin

2. artsA hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
3. businessA hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
4. businessAn excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
5. slanggovernmentA military trench.
6. In the merchant and Royal Navy:
   1. nauticalA generally untidy place.
   2. nauticalThe stewards' mess on a passenger liner.
   3. nauticalThe stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.
7. A bell-mouth spillway; a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.
8. CanadafishingAn especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.
9. Northern EnglandScotlandA deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.

present singular third person glory holes · participle present glory holing · participle past glory holed · past glory holed

1. alternativeAlternative form of gloryhole.