noun
- A tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows. )
- Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored.
- synonyms: Mandrillus leucophaeus
- Systematic training by multiple repetitions.
- usage: "practice makes perfect"
- synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation
- Military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms. (
verb
- Make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.
- usage: "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall"
- synonyms: bore
- Train in the military, e. G., in the use of weapons.
- Learn by repetition.
- usage: "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
- Teach by repetition.
- Undergo military training or do military exercises. .
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