Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "drill" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

basement cabinet dentist office garage home improvement store repair shop tool shed toolbox work shop

Capable Of

electril or manual

Dbpedia Genus

mandrillus

Derived Terms

Bioko drill Birkenhead drill Brooklyn drill Chinese fire drill Drillock Irish drill KD Mozambique drill New York drill Oklahoma drill UK drill air drill antidrill bench drill bow drill breast drill carbon monoxide drill chain drill churn drill close order drill close-order drill core drill dental drill dentist's drill drill 'n' bass drill and bass drill and kill drill barrow drill bow drill core drill down drill floor drill ground drill hall drill harrow drill hoe drill in drill instructor drill jig drill out drill pipe drill plough drill plow drill rig drill sergeant drill string drill through drillability drillable drilldo drilldown drillhead drillmaster drillproof drillship drillstock drop-drill earthquake drill electrodrill extended order drill extended-order drill failure drill finger drill fire drill hand drill imperial drill kerb drill khaki drill know the drill match drill microdrill mill drill monkey drill muster drill pedestal drill pillar drill pin drill pneumatic drill power drill predrill pump drill ratchet drill redrill rock drill sack drill safety drill seed drill self-drilling shot-drill subdrill sword drill tap drill this is not a drill thrill tip drill tornado drill traverse drill turbodrill twindrills undrilled

Etymologically Related To

mandrill

Context

baseball military music slang vulgar

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

baboon develop disunite divide educate grooming instruct learn part preparation prepare read separate study take teach tool train training

Type Of (IsA)

auger baboon cutting implement device firestick hardware tool hole making tool mammal tool training

Manner Of

learn perforate teach train

Related Terms

drill bit drill down drill press twist drill

Related Terms

agricultural awl bias bit bit used chest decoy dig dig oil drain drill bit drill down drill press dryer electric electric tool examine exercise fabric flow for oil furrow future gritty hair hair dryer hit hole hole maker hole tool implement investigate kick lyrics maker mandrill military mollusc oil oil wells old world monkey oyster drill penetrate power power tool practice rill screwdriver seed sow spirals stream tool tool chest train trap music twist drill used violent weave wells worker workpiece

Synonym Network

bore chino exercise

Used For

bore cut cut holes in objects dowel joint drill hole drill hole in drill hole in wall drilling drilling holes in things fix cavities hole make hole in wall make hols opening small holes on walls practicing marching removing screws screwing in screws spinning bit whistle

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.