(firearms) A bullet with a small hole drilled or molded in the tip, designed to expand when it hits its target and therefore cause more damage.

A type of curtain rail having a slit along the length at the bottom in which gliders attached to pliable curtains can slide.

(idiomatic) As a foregone conclusion.

Having sunken, dark ringed eyes demonstrative of fear or lack of sleep.

(idiomatic) To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing.

(transitive) To make something hollow. / (intransitive) To become hollow / (transitive) To reduce the power or influence of something.

present participle of hollow out

simple past tense and past participle of hollow out

That has been hollowed out.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow, victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.