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drill
English
- 🔊 (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
- 🔊 similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
- 🔊 a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
- 🔊 systematic training by multiple repetitions“practice makes perfect”
- 🔊 train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
- 🔊 undergo military training or do military exercises
- 🔊 learn by repetition“We drilled French verbs every day”
- 🔊 teach by repetition
- 🔊 make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool“don't drill here, there's a gas pipe”
Spanish
- 🔊 taladrar to drill
- 🔊 simulacro drill, fire drill
- 🔊 barrena drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
- 🔊 barreno drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece
- 🔊 taladradora drill, a tool for creating holes in a workpiece