Associations to the word «Drilling»

Wiktionary

DRILLING, verb. Present participle of drill
DRILLING, noun. Act of drilling.
DRILLING, noun. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
DRILLING, noun. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.
DRILLING RIG, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see drilling,‎ rig.
DRILLING RIG, noun. An oil rig.

Dictionary definition

DRILLING, noun. The act of drilling.
DRILLING, noun. The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats