drilling

¹ American  

[dril-ing] / ˈdrɪl ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that drills. drill.

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drilling ² American  

[dril-ing] / ˈdrɪl ɪŋ /

noun

1. drill.

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Etymology

Origin of drilling¹

First recorded in 1615–25; drill ¹ + -ing ¹

Origin of drilling²

1630–40; alteration of German Drillich, itself alteration of Latin trilīx triple-twilled ( German dri- three- replacing Latin tri- )

Example Sentences

Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rigs drilling for natural gas are unchanged from last week at 127, or 25 more than a year ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

The oil and gas industry pulled back following four straight months of expansion, while support services for oil and gas extraction fell with a decline in drilling and rigging activity.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, our drilling efforts recovered the first cores of this material after it has spent tens of millions of years being rafted across the seafloor as Earth's tectonic plates spread apart.

From Science Daily

Across the bay from Brimstone, at Stanford University, a collection of professors and students are using AI to help mining companies improve drilling outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal

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