drilling

¹

[dril-ing]

noun

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

drilling

²

[dril-ing]

noun

1. drill.

Word History and Origins

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

Plans to relax restrictions on new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea will be unveiled on Wednesday under the government's North Sea Strategy.

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"Florida’s coasts must remain off the table for oil drilling to protect Florida’s tourism, environment, and military training opportunities," he wrote on X.

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An oil trade group said drilling off Southern California was of interest.

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Fossil fuels pollute the air when they are extracted and when they are burned, but the steps between those two points involve far more than familiar scenes of drilling equipment and smoke-filled power plants.

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Once his skills were sharp enough, Matsuzawa worked up the courage to send footage of himself drilling field goals to college football programs across the Pacific.

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