Definition of Swimming hole

1. Noun. A small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming.

Generic synonyms: Pond, Pool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swimming Hole

swimmers
swimmest
swimmeth
swimmier
swimmiest
swimmily
swimming bath
swimming bell
swimming cap
swimming costume
swimming costumes
swimming crab
swimming event
swimming goggles
swimming hole (current term)
swimming kick
swimming meet
swimming pool
swimming pools
swimming stroke
swimming trunks
swimmingly
swimmings
swimmist
swimmists
swimmy
swims
swimsuit
swimsuited

Literary usage of Swimming hole

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spell-to-write Spelling Books by Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Robert Philip Koehler (1921)
"983 shouted cheered shrieked hurrah diving hailed bathing swam shown healthy through the waves plain to be seen swimming hole 984 natural real creek pool ..."

2. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by Caroline Elliott Hoogs Jacobs, Edyth Ellerbeck Read (1912)
"CHAPTER V THE swimming hole THEY sat up late that evening waiting for Alec to come with the mail. Mrs. Clyde and Blue Bonnet were somewhat uneasy, ..."

3. Practice Work in English by Marietta Knight (1914)
"The swimming hole was big around, but not very deep, so the big fellows went ... Once in a while you and Bill would go to the swimming hole instead of to ..."

4. Good English by Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke (1918)
"In order to make the paragraph on the old swimming hole clear, ... If you are describing the old swimming hole, the successive sentences must give details ..."

5. The Spell-to-write Spelling Books by Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Robert Philip Koehler (1921)
"983 shouted cheered shrieked hurrah diving hailed bathing swam shown healthy through the waves plain to be seen swimming hole 984 natural real creek pool ..."

6. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by Caroline Elliott Hoogs Jacobs, Edyth Ellerbeck Read (1912)
"CHAPTER V THE swimming hole THEY sat up late that evening waiting for Alec to come with the mail. Mrs. Clyde and Blue Bonnet were somewhat uneasy, ..."

7. Practice Work in English by Marietta Knight (1914)
"The swimming hole was big around, but not very deep, so the big fellows went ... Once in a while you and Bill would go to the swimming hole instead of to ..."

8. Good English by Henry Seidel Canby, John Baker Opdycke (1918)
"In order to make the paragraph on the old swimming hole clear, ... If you are describing the old swimming hole, the successive sentences must give details ..."

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