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Drilling

//ˈdɹɪlɪŋ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of drilling.
  2. 2
    A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).
  3. 3
    A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
  4. 4
    the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum wordnet
  5. 5
    the act of drilling wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of drill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From drill + -ing.

Etymology 2

From drill + -ing.

Etymology 3

From German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”).

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Drilling.

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