Meanings
plural plot holes · alternative plothole
- authorshipA gap or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the flow of logic established by the story's plot.
For every hardcore fan who found themselves in floods of tears by the end, there was a disgruntled TikToker aggressively listing all the plot holes the episode left unfilled in its race to the finish line.
2026 January 5, Stuart Heritage, “In ending, Stranger Things committed TV’s ultimate crime”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
Invited to collaborate with Hitch, Shaffer watched several of the director's previous films and noticed in North by Northwest a glaring plot hole; Cary Grant hides aboard a train that he has selected randomly yet, somehow, his pursuers lie in wait aboard the same train.
2012, Allan Brown, Inside the Wicker Man, Birlinn, →ISBN
Translations
Finnish juonellinen virhe, juonellinen aukko
- juonellinen virhean inconsistence within a storyline
- juonellinen aukkoan inconsistence within a storyline
- juonellinen epäloogisuusan inconsistence within a storyline
French intriguérence
- intriguérencean inconsistence within a storyline
German Ungereimtheit
- Ungereimtheitan inconsistence within a storyline
Hebrew חור בעלילה
- חור בעלילהan inconsistence within a storyline
Italian buco di trama
- buco di tramaan inconsistence within a storyline
Portuguese furo na trama
- furo na tramaan inconsistence within a storyline
Spanish laguna argumental
- laguna argumentalan inconsistence within a storyline
Cite this entry
plot hole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plot%20hole
“plot hole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plot%20hole. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plot hole,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plot%20hole.
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