Pronunciation Verb
drill (drills, present participle drilling; past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill#Noun|drill tool.
- Synonyms: excavate, bore, gouge, Thesaurus:make hole
- Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
- (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
- (ergative) To cause to drill practice; to train in military arts.
- The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
- 1859, Thomas Macaulay, Life of Frederick the Great
- He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
- (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
- (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
- (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
- (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- Synonyms: plow, poke, root, shaft, Thesaurus:copulate with
- 2010, MasseMord, Masshealing Masskilling
- Everytime when I rape your daughter. Your beautiful faces expressing how it hurts. Always while I drill her c*nt. I want to see you dead.
- 2012, SwizZz, Flu Shot
- Guess I'll be drilling her butt
- (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- waters drilled through a sandy stratum
- (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- Synonyms: entice, lead on, lure
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
- August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
- This cursed accident hath drilled away the whole summer.
- August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
- French: forer, percer
- German: bohren
- Italian: perforare, trapanare, trivellare, crivellare
- Portuguese: furar, perfurar, brocar
- Russian: сверли́ть
- Spanish: perforar
- French: entraîner
- German: schleifen
- Italian: esercitarsi
- Portuguese: treinar, exercitar
- Russian: муштрова́ть
- Spanish: entrenar
- French: entraîner
- Italian: addestrare, addestrarsi, esercitare, esercitarsi
- Russian: обуча́ть
- French: rabâcher
- German: drillen
- Italian: inculcare
- Portuguese: inculcar
- Russian: вда́лбливать
- Spanish: repetir
- French: approfondir
- Italian: (figuratively) scavare
- Portuguese: averiguar
- Russian: копа́ть
- Spanish: averiguar
drill (plural drills)
- A tool 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 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.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
- Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
- (obsolete) A small trickling stream; a rill.
- Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.
- Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
- (uncountable, music) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
- French: foreuse, perceuse
- German: Bohrer, Bohrmaschine
- Italian: trapano
- Portuguese: furadeira, berbequim
- Russian: дрель
- Spanish: taladro, taladradora
- French: sillon
- French: sillon
- French: exercice, entraînement
- German: Drill
- Italian: esercitazione
- Portuguese: treino
- Russian: муштра́
- Spanish: repetición, simulacro
drill (plural drills)
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
- French: drill
- Russian: дрил
- Spanish: dril
drill
Synonyms Translations- French: coutil
- German: Drillich
- Russian: тик
- Spanish: dril
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