drill1
• noun 1 a tool or machine used for boring holes. 2 training in military exercises. 3 instruction by means of repeated exercises. 4 (the drill) informal the correct or recognized procedure. • verb 1 bore (a hole) with a drill. 2 subject to military training or other intensive instruction. 3 informal hit hard so as to travel in a straight line. — DERIVATIVES driller noun. — ORIGIN from Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’.
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