drilling
/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/
drilling noun: making holes in objects. Also the present participle and gerund of drill.
Noun (1)
drilling (plural drillings)
- Making holes in objects.
- Synonyms:
- boring
- Performing drills (exercises).
- Synonyms:
- practicing, practice
Noun (2)
drilling (plural drillings)
- A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels).
Noun (3)
drilling
- A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
Proper noun capitalized: Drilling
Drilling (plural Drillings)
- A surname from German.
Also used as
drilling is also the present participle and gerund of drill.
drilling meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
drilling in Hindi
- ड्रिलिंग, ड्रिलिंग करना
drilling in Marathi
- ड्रिलिंग
drilling in Urdu
- ڈرلنگ
drilling in Bengali
- ড্রিলিং
More languagesFewer languages
- drilling in Telugu
- డ్రిల్లింగ్
- drilling in Malayalam
- ഡ്രില്ലിംഗ്
- drilling in Kannada
- ಡ್ರಿಲ್ಲಿಂಗ್, ಕೊರೆಯುವಿಕೆ
- drilling in Punjabi
- ਡ੍ਰਿਲਿੰਗ
- drilling in Gujarati
- ડ્રિલિંગ, ડ્રીલિંગ
- drilling in Odia
- ଡ୍ରିଲିଂ, ଡ୍ରିଲିଙ୍ଗ, ଡ୍ରିଲିଙ୍ଗ୍
- drilling in Nepali
- ड्रिलिङ, ड्रिलिंग, ड्रिलिंङ
Examples of drilling in a sentence
- After the drilling and tapping operations, we come in with a mill and do some contouring.
- Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater.
- The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.
Synonyms of drilling
Forms of drilling
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | drillings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Drillings |
Origin of drilling
From drill + -ing.
Borrowed from German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”).
Borrowed from German Drilling.
Words formed from drilling
Phrases with drilling
Words that rhyme with drilling
- filling
- milling
- shilling
- billing
- quilling
- chilling
- killing
- take the shilling
- fulfilling
- grilling
- spilling
- trilling
10 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about drilling
- What does drilling mean?
- Drilling means making holes in objects.
- What is drilling in Hindi?
- Drilling in Hindi is ड्रिलिंग, ड्रिलिंग करना. See Drilling meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is drilling?
- Drilling can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce drilling?
- Drilling is pronounced /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of drilling?
- The plural of drilling is drillings.
Words near drilling in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: drilling (page history and authors); Drilling (page history and authors); drilling (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); drilling (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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