A Quick and Simple Dictionary

drill

1. Verb.  (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (gloss, tool) .
2. Verb.  (intransitive) To practice, especially in a military context.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
4. Verb.  (intransitive) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level.
5. Verb.  (ergative) To cause one's subordinates to drill (gloss, practice) .
6. Verb.  (transitive) To hit or kick with a lot of power.
7. Noun.  A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
8. Noun.  The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
9. Noun.  An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise).
10. Noun.  Any of several molluscs, of the genus ''Urosalpinx'', that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
11. Noun.  An Old World monkey of West Africa, ''Mandrillus leucophaeus'', similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
12. Noun.  A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.