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DRIL/drɪl/

A drill is a tool for making holes, or a repeated training exercise; as a verb, to make holes or to train that way: a fire drill; an electric drill. Practice is the PE twin; bore is a close verb twin. Time the fire drill in the H&S log; a drill in DT still needs the bit size. Mix-up: drill vs thrill; grill; do not write drill for a one-off talk with no repetition or no bit.

Meaning

A tool for making holes; also a repeated training exercise (a fire drill); as a verb, to make holes or to train that way.

Examples

• “Time the fire drill in the H&S log; a drill in DT still needs the bit size.”
• “Vocabulary drills featured in the scheme of work, which is the repeated-practice sense — still name the list.”

Good to know

a fire / electric drill; drill a hole; drill into. Close: practice / bore. Trap: thrill / grill. H&S, DT, and PE. A boring tool or a training exercise — log the time or the bit size.

Near in meaning

practice, exercise, bore

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