Definitions for drilling
ˈdrɪl ɪŋdrilling

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. drilling, boringnoun

   the act of drilling

2. boring, drilling, oil productionnoun

   the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. drillingnoun

   Act of drilling.

2. drillingnoun

   A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.

3. drillingnoun

   A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drilling

   Drilling is a cutting process where a drill bit is spun to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is usually a rotary cutting tool, often multi-point. The bit is pressed against the work-piece and rotated at rates from hundreds to thousands of revolutions per minute. This forces the cutting edge against the work-piece, cutting off chips (swarf) from the hole as it is drilled. In rock drilling, the hole is usually not made through a circular cutting motion, though the bit is usually rotated. Instead, the hole is usually made by hammering a drill bit into the hole with quickly repeated short movements. The hammering action can be performed from outside the hole (top-hammer drill) or within the hole (down-the-hole drill, DTH). Drills used for horizontal drilling are called drifter drills. In rare cases, specially-shaped bits are used to cut holes of non-circular cross-section; a square cross-section is possible.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drilling

   Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to create a hole or cavity in a solid material such as metal, wood, or concrete. It is typically carried out using a rotational drilling machine or drill press, that applies force to the drill bit and rotates it to cut away material and create the hole. Drilling is used in many fields including construction, manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, and more.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Drilling

   of Drill

2. Drillingnoun

   the act of piercing with a drill

3. Drillingnoun

   a training by repeated exercises

4. Drillingnoun

   the act of using a drill in sowing seeds

5. Drillingnoun

   a heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton

6. Etymology: [G. drillich, fr. L. trilix having three threads, fr. the of tres three + licium a thread of the warm. See Three, and cf. Twill.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drilling

   dril′ing, n. stout twilled linen or cotton cloth.—Also Drill. [Ger. drillich, ticking—L. trilix, three-threaded; tres, three, licium, thread.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DRILLING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drilling is ranked #40672 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Drilling surname appeared 537 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Drilling.
   
   96.4% or 518 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

How to pronounce drilling?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say drilling in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drilling in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drilling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of drilling in a Sentence

1. Neakai Lewis:

   It's years of just drilling it in that everybody is beautiful, everybody deserves respect but you have a certain tone to your skin that for some reason is going to make you a threat - so here are the things that you're going to need to do to survive and this is real, it's my duty as his mom to prepare him.

2. Osvaldo Lopez:

   We will initiate a drilling campaign at the end of 2016 or the start of 2017, the essential goal of the new drilling campaign is at least two deep wells. There could be three. If there is a discovery there certainly will be more than two.

3. Fox Cahn:

   Surveillance Technology Oversight Project's not enough just to see that they're saying they have an anonymous mode, surveillance Technology Oversight Project's really going to come down to seeing what data do they collect, what data do they keep, how is that data stored, how is that data potentially shared — really drilling into the technical details of each of these apps, and the changes they make.

4. Ineke van Gent:

   We are very concerned that the gas drilling will damage the area, we also believe that there is no need to drill [ for ] new gas at all and that we should invest much more in renewable energy.

5. Daniel Ang:

   We believe that this could be the market's reaction to the decline in U.S. crude production (drilling) ... further exacerbated as Iranian crude could be entering the market, which puts heavy pressure on the global benchmark (Brent).

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=drilling
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drilling
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilling
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drilling
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=drilling
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html