Verb

(en verb)

To create (a hole) by removing material with a (tool).

Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.

To practice, especially in a military context.

They drilled daily to learn the routine exactly.

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.

* Macaulay

He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers.

To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.

The instructor drilled into us the importance of reading the instructions.

To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level

Drill deeper and you may find the underlying assumptions faulty.

To hit or kick with a lot of power.

* 2006 , Joe Coon, The Perfect Game ,

He did get their attention when he drilled the ball dead center into the hole for an opening birdie.

* 2007 , Craig Cowell, Muddy Sunday ,

Without compromising he drilled the ball home, leaving Dynamos' ill-fated keeper diving for fresh air.

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(slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

Is this going to take long? I've got a hot date to drill the flautist at the symphony tonight.'' - Brian Griffin, ''

To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

waters drilled through a sandy stratum

(Thomson)

To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

(obsolete) To entice or allure; to decoy; with on .

* Addison

She drilled him on to five-and-fifty, and will drop him in his old age

(obsolete) To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

* Jonathan Swift

This accident hath drilled away the whole summer.