drill

Noun

• (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms

• systematic training by multiple repetitions
  • practice makes perfect
    

• similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

• a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

Verb

• undergo military training or do military exercises

• teach by repetition

• learn by repetition
  • We drilled French verbs every day
    
  • Pianists practice scales
    

• train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons

• make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
  • don't drill here, there's a gas pipe
    
  • drill a hole into the wall
    
  • drill for oil
    
  • carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exercise , practice , practice session , recitation , Mandrillus leucophaeus , practise , bore