drill

Plural: drills

Noun

• a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
• similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
• systematic training by multiple repetitions
• (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
• A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
• The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
• An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
• A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
• Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey.
• A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
• A single performance of drill music.
• An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
• A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
• A row of seed sown in a furrow.
• A small trickling stream; a rill.
• An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
• A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

Verb

Verb Forms: drilled, drilling, drills

• To make a hole with a drill; to train by repetition.
• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
  • "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"
  • "drill a hole into the wall"
  • "drill for oil"
• train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
• learn by repetition
  • "We drilled French verbs every day"
• teach by repetition
• undergo military training or do military exercises
• To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
• To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
• To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
• To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
• To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
• To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power.
• To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
• To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
• To shoot; to kill by shooting.
• To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
• To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
• To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.
• To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
• To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

Examples

• At today's practice, the football team performed a variety of goalkeeping drills.
• Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
• Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
• He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer.
• He drilled the ball to his teammate.
• He needed to drill his vocabulary to improve his Words With Friends scores.
• Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.
• Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
• The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
• The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
• They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
• Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.
• waters drilled through a sandy stratum
• Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.

Synonyms

bore, exercise, Mandrillus leucophaeus, practice, practice session, practise, recitation, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Formal terms, Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, be with, bed, beep, boff, boink, bone, bonk, boom-boom, chino, coit, coitize, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, do, doink, drill, drill up, eff, enjoy, entice, excavate, expletive deleted, feague, feck, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go in unto, go to bed with, go with, gouge, have, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, lead on, lie by, lie with, love, love up, lure, make, mount, nail, occupy, penetrate, plough, plow, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, season, seduce, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, sleep with, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, take, tap, tup, wap

Related Words

drill bit, drill down, drill press, twist drill

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