Meaning of drill | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
2. A small trickling stream; a rill.
   obsolete
3. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
4. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.
   countable, uncountable
5. A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
6. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
7. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
8. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
9. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
10. A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
11. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx and others, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that make holes in the shells of their prey.
12. A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
    uncountable
13. A single performance of drill music.
    countable

Equivalents

Examples

“Wear safety glasses when operating an electric drill.”

“Use a drill with a wire brush to remove any rust or buildup.”

“Regular fire drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.”

““[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]””

“At today's practice, the football team performed a variety of goalkeeping drills.”

“Though the young women of Chicago’s drill scene can be as rowdy as their male counterparts, they’re also more diverse in subject matter and point to a possible way forward.”

“New York City mayor Eric Adams held a summit with a group of drill rappers on Tuesday night and clarified he doesn’t actually want to ban their music, days after he appeared to blame the music scene for the recent shooting deaths of two young New York rappers and suggested drill videos be pulled from the internet.”

“Between ticky off-kilter rhythms and otherworldly digital voice processing, the experimental hip-hop genres trap and drill have delivered radical hymns from alien planets.”

“These bells are alarmin’ Point blank and you missed your target They go shooting range and their drills are garbage”

“I found down at the side of the house the remains of what must have once been a kitchen garden. Everything was choked with weeds and scutch grass, but the outlines of bed and drill were still there.”

“Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills.”

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