twist drill


nounMachinery.
  1. a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.

Origin of twist drill

1
First recorded in 1870–75

Words Nearby twist drill

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How to use twist drill in a sentence

  • Instead of using an ordinary twist drill, a special hollow drill may be obtained from the Universal Battery Co.

  • He had decided to tell of the lunch-box and twist drill episode, but to say nothing, for the present, of the strange white fire.

    White Fire | Roy J. Snell
  • twist drill bits will bore both wood and iron, and they are not expensive up to three-eighths inch or one-half inch.

    Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. Shearer
  • This drill will go through a wall almost as quickly as a twist drill and with much less labour.

  • Bore it with a twist drill, or nosebit, to the depth of an inch and a half.

British Dictionary definitions for twist drill

twist drill

noun
  1. a drill bit having two helical grooves running from the point along the shank to clear swarf and cuttings

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