drill

Definitions

1. verb

   To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).

   Example

   • Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.
   ≈excavate≈bore≈gouge
2. verb

   To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.

   Examples

   • They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.
   • On his return the team that faced Hull City had been reconfigured. Moses wasn’t overly drilled, just told he would be playing right wing-back, that Conte had seen enough to know.
3. verb

   To cause to drill (practice); to train, especially in military arts.

   Examples

   • The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
   • He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.
4. verb

   To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

   Example

   • The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.
5. verb

   To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level

   Example

   • Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.
6. verb

   To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power.

   Examples

   • He drilled down the court and made a three-pointer.
   • He drilled the ball to his teammate.
7. verb

   To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.

8. verb

   To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

   Examples

   • Everytime^([sic]) when I rape your daughter. Your beautiful faces expressing how it hurts. Always while I drill her c*nt. I want to see you dead.
   • Guess I'll be drilling her butt
   ≈plow≈poke≈root≈shaft≈Formal terms +98 more
9. verb

   To shoot; to kill by shooting.

   Example

   • ‘Matthew Garth woulda let Tom Dunstan drill him insteada drawin’ against him.’
   ≈drill up
10. noun

    A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.

    Example

    • Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.