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a tool that turns torque into trespass, opening holes nothing else asked for
means To bore a hole into something with a rotating tool, or to repeat an exercise until it sticks — and, by extension, the tool or the routine itself.
from From Dutch 'drillen,' meaning to turn, bore, or train troops by repetition — the same word for boring holes and boring soldiers, since both involve turning the same motion over and over. English borrowed it in the 17th century, and the military 'drill' and the carpenter's 'drill' have been twins ever since: one cuts wood, the other shapes habit, both by relentless rotation.
- oldest one
- bow drills made fire and holes 35,000 years ago
- deepest hole
- a Soviet drill reached 12 kilometers down
- hidden teeth
- dentists' drills spin 400,000 times a minute
- name theft
- a UK rap genre stole the word entirely
- animal version
- some snails drill through shells to eat prey
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