TAPHOLES Synonyms

• a device that controls amount of light admitted

• a natural opening in something

• an man-made opening; usually small

• a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

• an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• make an opening or gap in

• a long narrow cleft

• a narrow opening

• a long narrow depression in a surface

• a sudden sharp noise

• a chance to do something

• witty remark

• a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts

• a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of cracking something

• of the highest quality

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• make a very sharp explosive sound

• make a sharp sound

• hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise

• pass through (a barrier)

• break partially but keep its integrity

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• tell spontaneously

• cause to become cracked

• reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking

• break into simpler molecules by means of heat

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a narrow opening

• a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks

• a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• make an opening or gap in

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a place of business for retailing goods

• receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices

• an opening that permits escape or release

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place

• a hole made in something

• the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)

• loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object

• a small hole made by a sharp object

• the act of puncturing or perforating

• pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into

• make by piercing

• reduce or lessen the size or importance of

• cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing

• be pierced or punctured

• a long narrow opening

• obscene terms for female genitals

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• a narrow fissure

• make a clean cut through

• cut a slit into

• a hole for the escape of gas or air

• external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate

• a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

• a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion

• give expression or utterance to

• expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen