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Drill

noun

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. Synonym: Mandrillus leucophaeus.

3.

Systematic training by multiple repetitions. Synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation.

4.

(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms.

verb

(past & past part. drilled; pres. part. drilling)

1.

Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool. Synonym: bore. "Drill a hole into the wall" , "Drill for oil" , "Carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"

2.

Train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons.

3.

Learn by repetition. Synonyms: exercise, practice, practise. "Pianists practice scales"

4.

Teach by repetition.

5.

Undergo military training or do military exercises.

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"Drill" Quotes from Famous Books

... had torn some of the poles in two and was madly tearing and biting at others. Sullivan was short and so were the drills. To get within easier reach, he placed the table almost under the gnawing bear, sprang upon it, and called to Jason for a red-hot drill. Jason was about to hand him one when he noticed a small bear climbing in at the window, and, taking the drill with him, he sprang over to beat the bear back. Sullivan jumped down to the fire for a drill, and in climbing back on the table he looked up at the gnawed hole ...

— Wild Life on the Rockies • Enos A. Mills

... life for which he would voluntarily have undergone any important stress of discomfort or annoyance. It was true that in pursuance of his profession there was a certain amount of "quick marching" and drill to be done in the heat, but that was incidental to the fact that he was in the Guards, and more than compensated for by the pleasures that were also naturally incidental to it. He would have been quite unable to think ...

— Michael • E. F. Benson

... it's hot enough," murmured Bob, mopping his perspiring face. "I'm glad we got out of drill this afternoon. But go on, Professor. I didn't mean to ...

— Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line - The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam • Clarence Young

... 'eighties took himself much less seriously than his successor of today. The eternal drill and the occasional manoeuvres were conducted on well-worn and almost automatic principles. As a result, the younger officers found hunting and polo decidedly better sport. Few or none of them were military enthusiasts; and ...

— Sir John French - An Authentic Biography • Cecil Chisholm

... he is supposed to spend that time. A game of football two or three times a week, does not last more than an hour and a quarter; if you add a liberal allowance for changing and baths, two hours is the whole time occupied. A game of fives or a physical drill class need not demand more than an hour. The game that really wastes time—and I am sorry to admit it—is cricket. I am not thinking so much of the long waits in the pavilion when two batsmen on a side are well set, and the rest have nothing to do but ...

— Cambridge Essays on Education • Various

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