drilled

4 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to make a hole in something using a special tool:

Drill three holes in the wall for the screws.

drill for They are going to drill for oil nearby.

to practise something, especially military exercises, or to make someone do this:

We watched the soldiers drilling on the parade ground.

to tell someone something repeatedly to make them remember it:

be drilled into It was drilled into us at an early age that we should always say "please" and "thank you".

drill someone in something He drilled the children in what they should say.