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drilling

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. drilling (noun)
  2. cable drilling (noun)
  3. core drill (noun)
  4. percussion drilling (noun)
  5. rope drilling (noun)
  6. slant drilling (noun)

dril·ling

noun \ˈdri-liŋ\

Definition of DRILLING

: 6drill
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Origin of DRILLING

modification of German Drillich, from Middle High German drilich fabric woven with a threefold thread, from Old High German drilīh made up of three threads, from Latin trilic-, trilix, from tri- + licium thread
First Known Use: 1640

Rhymes with DRILLING

billing, filling, killing, milling, schilling, shilling, twilling, willing

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