DRILL
Definition:
- [noun] a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
- [noun] similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
Synonyms: Manus leucophaeus
- [noun] systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
Synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
- [noun] (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
- [verb] make a hole 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"
Synonyms: bore
- [verb] train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- [verb] learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
Synonyms: exercise, practice, practise
- [verb] teach by repetition
- [verb] undergo military training or do military exercises
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Related Words:
- spud
- counter-drill
- trepan
- hammer in, drill in, ram down, beat in
- inculcate, instill, infuse
- auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
- bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill
- brace and bit
- breast drill
- dentist's drill, burr drill
- hand drill, handheld drill
- power drill
- reamer
- trepan
- fire drill
- manual of arms, manual
- military drill
- rehearsal
- rehearsal, dry run
- review, brushup
- scrimmage
- shadowboxing
- target practice
