Antonyms for drilling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dril-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɪl ɪŋ


Definition of drilling

Origin :
  • "tool for making holes," 1610s, from Dutch dril, drille "a hole, instrument for boring holes," from drillen "to bore (a hole), turn around, whirl" (see drill (v.)).
  • verb train, discipline
  • verb bore hole
Example sentences :
  • The wire can be fastened on the stack by drilling a tiny hole through the stack.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • This block should be cut to fit the bottom and will act as a support for drilling.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Jumping and vaulting and climbing ropes and drilling in squads—what?
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • “If you want to do some drilling, you can start right now,” he remarked.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • Their officer had been drilling them carefully and they were all most anxious to obey his orders.
  • Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
  • Where the work is long and cannot be fixed in a drilling machine.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • The sun, drilling down on him, was drilling through the bond.
  • Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence
  • You've been drilling at it through the summer months, and it's time to have a change.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • A small tool, either for drilling, or for cutting, as a plane iron.
  • Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • How long, he wondered, had they been drilling in that sort of tactics?
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

Synonyms for drilling

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