drill

Definition

  • noun: a tool used for making holes in hard substances
  • verb: to fix something in the mind or habit pattern of by repetitive instruction
  • verb: to make a hole in something with a drill
  • synonyms: discipline, entice, decoy

Examples

  • The importance of saying “please” and “thank you” was 'drilled into' us as children.

  • During basic training, the recruits spent hours a day doing 'drills'.

  • You don't have to tell us what to do. We all 'know the drill' by now.

Movie quotes

  • (..) There's a fire in my mouth and the smoke is coming out. And my face is hanging on the floor. ''The fire?'' Yes! ''Where?'' Now he drills some more and you hear him make a mistake. And to cover it up, they all say the same thing: ''OK, rinse.'' (slurring) Rinse? You asking me to rinse? (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself