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How to pronounce “drill”
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Pronunciation guide for drill
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of drill with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Roving & Drilling in Mars on Earth
And with a two-meter coring drill,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
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How to pronounce drill
Roving & Drilling in Mars on Earth
And with a two-meter coring drill,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “drill”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
- (intransitive) To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
- (ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
- (transitive) To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
- (intransitive, figurative) To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
- (transitive) To throw, run, hit or kick with a lot of power.
- (baseball) To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- (slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
- (slang) To shoot; to kill by shooting.
- [Noun]
- 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.
- The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
- An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
- A short and highly repeatable sports training exercise designed to hone a particular skill that may be useful in competition.
- 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.
- (uncountable, music) A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago. [from 2010s]
- (countable, music) A single performance of drill music.
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