drill
EnglishEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch drillen (“bore, move in a circle”).
VerbEdit
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- Synonyms: excavate, bore, gouge; see also Thesaurus:make a 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.
- 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian[1]:
- On his return the team that faced Hull City had been reconfigured. Moses wasn’t overly drilled, just told he would be playing right wing-back, that Conte had seen enough to know.
- (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.
- 2006, Coon, Joe, The Perfect Game:
- He did get their attention when he drilled the ball dead center into the hole for an opening birdie.
- 2007, Cowell, Craig, Muddy Sunday:
- Without compromising he drilled the ball home, leaving Dynamos' ill-fated keeper diving for fresh air.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[2]:
- Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.
- (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; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
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NounEdit
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 activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”
- Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
- 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.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:drill.
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Etymology 2Edit
Perhaps the same as Etymology 3; compare German Rille which can also mean "small furrow".
NounEdit
drill (plural drills)
- An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
- I found down at the side of the house the remains of what must have once been a kitchen garden. Everything was choked with weeds and scutch grass, but the outlines of bed and drill were still there.
- A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
- A row of seed sown in a furrow.
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drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
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Etymology 3Edit
Uncertain. Compare the same sense of trill, and German trillen, drillen. Attestation predates Etymology 1.
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drill (plural drills)
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drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
- Now it is a great square profunditie ; greene , and uneven at the bottome : into which a barren spring doch drill from betweene the stones of the North - ward wall
- waters drilled through a sandy stratum
- 1615, George Sandys, The Relation of a Journey begun an. Dom. 1610, in four books
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Etymology 4Edit
From Middle English drillen, origin unknown.
VerbEdit
drill (third-person singular simple present drills, present participle drilling, simple past and past participle drilled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- 1711 June 12, Addison, Joseph, The Spectator, number 89; republished in The Works of Joseph Addison, volume 1, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842, page 142:
- He tells me with great passion that she has bubbled him out of his youth; that she drilled him on to five and fifty [years old], and that he verily believes she will drop him in his old age, if she can find her account in another.
- (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
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Etymology 5Edit
Probably of African origin; compare mandrill.
NounEdit
drill (plural drills)
- An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
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Further readingEdit
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mandrillus leucophaeus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 6Edit
From German Drillich (“denim, canvas, drill”).
NounEdit
drill (countable and uncountable, plural drills)
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FrenchEdit
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NounEdit
drill m (plural drills)
- drill (tool)
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Further readingEdit
- “drill”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GermanEdit
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drill
Norwegian BokmålEdit
VerbEdit
drill
- imperative of drille
WestrobothnianEdit
VerbEdit
drill (preterite drillä)
- (transitive) twist, turn