DRILLS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Drill

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

early 17th century: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: drɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a tool or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.

Short Definition:

tool for making holes

Definition:

instruction or training in military exercises

Short Definition:

military exercises

Examples:
  • parade-ground drill
Definition:

a predatory mollusc that bores into the shells of other molluscs in order to feed on the soft tissue.

Short Definition:

mollusc

Word: Drill

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: drɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill

Short Definition:

produce hole with drill

Examples:
  • drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins
Definition:

subject (someone) to military training exercises

Short Definition:

subject to military exercises

Examples:
  • a sergeant was drilling new recruits

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