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Definitions for Drilling

[1] the act of a person or thing that drills.
[2] drill3.
[3] Machinery , Building Trades . a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation. a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
[4] Military . training in formal marching or other precise military or naval movements. an exercise in such training: gun drill.
[5] any strict, methodical, repetitive, or mechanical training, instruction, or exercise: a spelling drill.
[6] the correct or customary manner of proceeding.
[7] Also called snail bore. a gastropod, Urosalpinx cinera, that bores holes in shellfish, as oysters.
[8] to pierce or bore a hole in (something).
[9] to make (a hole) by boring.
[10] 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.
[11] to impart (knowledge) by strict training, discipline, or repetition.
[12] to pierce or bore something with or as with a drill.
[13] to go through exercise in military or other training.
[14] a small furrow made in the soil in which to sow seeds.
[15] a row of seeds or plants thus sown.
[16] a machine for sowing in rows and for covering the seeds when sown.
[17] to sow (seed) in drills.
[18] to sow or plant (soil, a plot of ground, etc.) in drills.
[19] to sow seed in drills.
[20] a rotating tool that is inserted into a drilling machine or tool for boring cylindrical holes
[21] a hand tool, either manually or electrically operated, for drilling holes
[22] military training in procedures or movements, as for ceremonial parades or the use of weapons (as modifier ) drill hall
[23] strict and often repetitious training or exercises used as a method of teaching
[24] informal correct procedure or routine
[25] a marine gastropod mollusc, Urosalpinx cinera, closely related to the whelk, that preys on oysters
[26] to pierce, bore, or cut (a hole) in (material) with or as if with a drill to drill a hole ; to drill metal
[27] to instruct or be instructed in military procedures or movements
[28] (tr) to teach by rigorous exercises or training
[29] (tr) informal to hit (a ball) in a straight line at great speed
[30] (tr) informal to riddle with bullets
[31] a machine for planting seeds in rows or depositing fertilizer
[32] a small furrow in which seeds are sown
[33] a row of seeds planted using a drill
[34] to plant (seeds) by means of a drill
[35] a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth, used for uniforms, etc
[36] an Old World monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, related to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloured

Words related to Drilling

penetrate, dig, punch, hone, accustom, rehearse, practice, break, instruct, habituate, teach, exercise, pierce, perforate, prick, puncture

Words nearby Drilling

drill press, drill rig, drill string, drill team, drill tower, drilling, drilling mud, drilling platform, drilling rig, drillmaster, drillship

Origin of Drilling

21720–30; compare drill rill, German Rille furrow, rillen to groove

Other words from Drilling

drill·a·ble , adjective
drill·a·bil·i·ty , noun
drill·er , noun
un·drill·a·ble , adjective
drill·er , noun

Word origin for Drilling

C17: from a West African word; compare mandrill

Synonyms for Drilling

accustom, break, exercise, habituate, hone, instruct, practice, rehearse, teach, break in, get into shape, lick into shape, tune up, walk through, work out