drill

drill
   1. to kill by shooting
   The imagery is of boring holes:
    I could drill you and get away with it. (Chandler, 1958 — the speaker was not an army sergeant)
   2. to organize and train civilians in an illegal militia
   Drilling instils the first rudiments of military discipline:
    ... the Ulster Volunteer force went on drilling... and not with dummy weapons. (R. F. Foster, 1988)

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  • Drill — Drill, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drill — Drill, n. 1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills. Sandys. [1913 Webster] 2. (Agr.) (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drill — Drill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drilling}.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See {Thrill}.] 1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drill — EP …   Википедия

  • drill — drill·able; drill; drill·er; drill·man; man·drill; sub·drill; …   English syllables

  • drill — Ⅰ. drill [1] ► 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 …   English terms dictionary

  • Drill EP — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Drill EP[1] EP de Radiohead Publicación 5 de mayo de 1992 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Drill (EP) — Drill EP Radiohead Выпущен 1992 Формат Жанр Альтернативный рок …   Википедия

  • Drill (EP) — Drill EP by Radiohead Released 5 May 1992 Recorded February 1992 …   Wikipedia

  • drill — [n1] practice, exercise assignment, call, conditioning, constitutional, daily dozen*, discipline, dress, drilling, dry run*, gym, homework, instruction, learning by doing, maneuvers, marching, preparation, repetition, run through*, shakedown*,… …   New thesaurus

  • Drill — Drill, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.) Same as {Drilling}. [1913 Webster] {Imperial drill}, a linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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