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

Italian energy company Eni accelerated drilling projects in Algeria’s gas fields deep in the Sahara.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s still early days in the exploratory push, and actual drilling on new land acquisitions could be years away, Fryklund noted.

From Barron's

It’s still early days in the exploratory push, and actual drilling on new land acquisitions could be years away, Fryklund noted.

From Barron's

Well, you couldn’t stop the drilling after that.

From Los Angeles Times

Thomas compared the situation to the fuel shocks of the 1970s, which helped advance the mass adoption of natural gas for heating instead of fuel oil and the doubling down of drilling for oil domestically.

From Salon

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