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say it: dril
drill is a verb and noun meaning "make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool". It is pronounced /ˈdɹɪl/ — dril. It carries 9 recorded senses.
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
“don't drill here, there's a gas pipe”
“drill a hole into the wall”
“drill for oil”
“carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall”
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
undergo military training or do military exercises
a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
systematic training by multiple repetitions
“practice makes perfect”
(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
military
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for drill come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.