drilling
/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- To hit or kick with a lot of power.
- To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
- To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
- To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
- To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
- Act of drilling.
- A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.
- A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
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