Definition of Drill

Noun

• (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
  
• systematic training by multiple repetitions
  "practice makes perfect"
  exercise practice - practice session recitation
• similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
  - mandrillus leucophaeus
• a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
  

Verb

• undergo military training or do military exercises
  
• teach by repetition
  
• learn by repetition
  "We drilled French verbs every day"
  "Pianists practice scales"
  exercise practice practise
• train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
  
• 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"
  bore

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