drill
/dɹɪl/ noun C2- 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. · Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit. · Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence. · fire drill· disaster drill
- A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition. · At today's practice, the football team performed a variety of goalkeeping drills.
- 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.
Plural drills
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- drill down To examine something on a more detailed level.
- drill in Synonym of drill down.
- drill out To switch from a database or other data source to another.
- drill through To display or cause a computer to display more specific, ...
- drill up To replace data with data from one level higher or less s...
From the library
Therefore Marilla conceived it to be her duty to drill Anne into a tranquil uniformity of disposition as impossible and alien to her as to a dancing sunbeam in one of the brook shallows.
Other matches
- drill An agricultural implement for making holes for ... A2
- drill To create C1
- drill To sow C2
- drill To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trick... C2
- drill An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus ... C2
- drill A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias C2
- drill down To examine something on a more detailed level.
- drill in Synonym of drill down.
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