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DRILLABLE

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drill

1  [dril]
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–noun
1. Machinery, Building Trades.
a. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation.
b. a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
2. Military.
a. training in formal marching or other precise military or naval movements.
b. an exercise in such training: gun drill.
3. any strict, methodical, repetitive, or mechanical training, instruction, or exercise: a spelling drill.
4. the correct or customary manner of proceeding.
5. Also called snail bore. a gastropod, Urosalpinx cinera, that bores holes in shellfish, as oysters.
–verb (used with object)
6. to pierce or bore a hole in (something).
7. to make (a hole) by boring.
8. Military. to instruct and exercise in formation marching and movement, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard work.
9. to impart (knowledge) by strict training, discipline, or repetition.
–verb (used without object)
10. to pierce or bore something with or as with a drill.
11. to go through exercise in military or other training.
Origin:
1605–15; < D dril (n.), drillen (v.)

Related forms:
drill⋅a⋅ble, adjective
drill⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
driller, noun

Synonyms:
3. See exercise.
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Word Origin & History

drill  (1)
1611 (n.), 1649 (v.), from Du. dril, drille "a hole, instrument for boring holes," from drillen "to bore (a hole), turn around, whirl," from P.Gmc. *threljanan. Sense of "to instruct in military exercise" is 1622 (also in Du. drillen and in the Dan. and Ger. cognates), probably from the notion of troops "turning" in maneuvers. Ext. sense of "the agreed-upon procedure" is from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2drill
Function: noun
: an instrument with an edged or pointed end for making holes in hard substances (as bones or teeth) by revolving
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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