drill
8 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
drills
plural
drills
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRILL
1
[count]
:
a tool used for making holes in hard substances
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see picture at carpentry;
see also pneumatic drill
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an electric/power drill
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the dentist's drill
2
a
:
an exercise done to practice military skills or procedures
[count]
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During basic training, the recruits spent hours a day doing drills.
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a drill sergeant [=a sergeant who trains new soldiers]
[noncount]
(chiefly Brit)
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soldiers doing drill
b
:
a physical or mental activity that is done repeatedly in order to learn something, become more skillful, etc.
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see also fire drill
[count]
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The students do vocabulary/multiplication drills every Monday.
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The players are doing their drills.
[noncount]
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The students were taught by drill.
know the drill
informal
:
to know how something is done
:
to be familiar with a regular process, procedure, etc.
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You don't have to tell us what to do. We all know the drill by now.
2
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
verb
drills;
drilled;
drilling
2
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
verb
drills;
drilled;
drilling
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRILL
1
:
to make a hole in something with a drill
[+ object]
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He drilled a hole in the back of the cabinet.
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The dentist drilled the tooth.
[no object]
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They are planning to drill for oil here.
2
[+ object]
a
:
to teach or train (someone) by repeating a lesson or exercise again and again
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We drilled the children on their multiplication tables.
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The players were drilled in practice.
b
:
to train (soldiers) by making them practice military procedures and exercises
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The commander drilled the troops.
3
[+ object]
US, sports, informal
:
to hit (someone or something) very hard
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He drilled a single to right field.
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The quarterback got drilled.
drill into
[phrasal verb]
drill (something) into (someone)
:
to force (something) to be learned very well by (someone) by repeating it again and again
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Our teacher drilled the lesson into our heads.
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The importance of saying “please” and “thank you” was drilled into us as children.
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compare 4drill
— driller
noun, plural drillers [count]
3
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
noun
plural
drills
3
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
noun
plural
drills
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRILL
[count]
1
:
a row of seeds planted by a special machine
2
:
a special machine that plants seeds in rows
4
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
verb
drills;
drilled;
drilling
4
drill
/ˈdrɪl/
verb
drills;
drilled;
drilling
Britannica Dictionary definition of DRILL
[+ object]
:
to plant (seeds) in a row with a special machine
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compare 2drill
