Meaning

4 senses
  1. The act or process of drilling.

    Making holes in objects.

  2. Performing drills (exercises).

  3. A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).

  4. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.

More definitions
  • the act of drilling
  • the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

Origin

From drill + -ing. Borrowed from German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”).

From drill + -ing.

Borrowed from German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”).

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Forms

plural: drillings
Singulardrilling
Pluraldrillings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddrill

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