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pump drill

pump drill noun: a simple hand-powered device used to impart a rapid rotating motion to a rod (the spindle or drill shaft), used to start a fire or to drill holes.

Noun

pump drill (plural pump drills)

  1. A simple hand-powered device used to impart a rapid rotating motion to a rod (the spindle or drill shaft), used to start a fire or to drill holes.

Forms of pump drill

pluralpump drills

Questions about pump drill

What does pump drill mean?
Pump drill means a simple hand-powered device used to impart a rapid rotating motion to a rod (the spindle or drill shaft), used to start a fire or to drill holes.
What part of speech is pump drill?
Pump drill is a noun.
What is the plural of pump drill?
The plural of pump drill is pump drills.

Words near pump drill in the dictionary

  1. pump and jumps
  2. pump attendant
  3. pump attendants
  4. pump car
  5. pump cars
  6. pump drill
  7. pump drills
  8. pump escape
  9. pump escapes
  10. pump fake
  11. pump fakes

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