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.
a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
An implement with cutting edges or a pointed end for boring holes in hard materials, usually by a rotating abrasion or repeated blows; a bit.
The hand-operated or hand-powered holder for this implement.
A loud, harsh noise made by or as if by a powered tool of this kind.
Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.
A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition: conducted an air-raid drill; a drill for learning the multiplication tables.
Disciplined, repetitious exercise as a means of teaching and perfecting a skill or procedure.
A task or exercise for teaching a skill or procedure by repetition: conducted an air-raid drill; a drill for learning the multiplication tables.
The training of soldiers in marching and the manual of arms.
Any of various marine gastropod mollusks, chiefly of the genus Urosalpinx, that bore holes into the shells of bivalve mollusks. U. cinera is destructive to oysters.
v.
drilled, drill·ing, drills
v.
tr.
To make a hole in (a hard material) with a drill: a bit for drilling masonry.
To make (a hole) with or as if with a drill: drills holes in trees with its chisellike bill.
To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure: drill pupils in grammar.
To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction. See Synonyms at teach.
To strike or hit sharply: The batter drilled a single through the infield.
To instruct thoroughly by repetition in a skill or procedure: drill pupils in grammar.
To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction. See Synonyms at teach.
To train (soldiers) in marching and the manual of arms.
v.
intr.
To make a hole with or as if with a drill.
To perform a training exercise.
[Obsolete Dutch dril, from drillen, to bore, from Middle Dutch drillen; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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n.
Durable cotton or linen twill of varying weights, generally used for work clothes.
[Short for drilling, alteration of German Drillich, from Middle High German drilich, threefold, fabric woven with three threads, from Old High German drilīh, alteration (influenced by drī, three, and -līh, adj. suff.) of Latin trilīx, triple-twilled; see trellis.]
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.
"small furrow," 1727; also "machine for sowing seeds" (1731), from obsolete drill "rill, trickling stream" (1641), of unknown origin, perhaps connected to drill (1).
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
2.
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
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systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: exercise]
4.
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
verb
1.
make a hole, especially 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"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" [syn: bore]
2.
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
3.
learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
4.
teach by repetition
5.
undergo military training or do military exercises
Bab*oon"\, n. [OE. babewin, baboin, fr.F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babin lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
Drill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drilling.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See Thrill.]1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal. 2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline. He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. Cotter drill, or Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. Diamond drill. See under Diamond. Drill jig. See under Jig. Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. Vertical drill, a drill press.
Drill\, v. t. [Cf. Trill to trickle, Trickle, Dribble, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.]1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. [R.] --Thomson. 2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water. 3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on. [Obs.] See drilled him on to five-fifty. -- Addison. 4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. -- Swift.
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