"fire drill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-fire drill.ogg Forms: fire drills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire drill (plural fire drills)
  1. An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire. Synonyms (evacuation practice for a fire): fire practice, disaster drill, emergency drill Related terms: bow drill, hand drill, pump drill, strap drill Translations (practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire): simulacre d'incendi (Catalan), 消防演習 (Chinese Mandarin), 消防演习 (xiāofáng yǎnxí) (Chinese Mandarin), brandoefening [feminine] (Dutch), paloharjoitus (Finnish), exercice d’incendie [masculine] (French), exercice incendie [masculine] (French), Brandschutzübung [feminine] (German), Probealarm [masculine] (German), Feuerübung [feminine] (German), druil dhóiteáin [feminine] (Irish), cleachtadh dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), esercitazione antincendio [feminine] (Italian), 避難訓練 (hinan kunren) (Japanese), 消防訓練 (syōbō kunren) (Japanese), ćwiczenie pożarowe [neuter] (Polish), simulacro de incendio [masculine] (Spanish), simulacro [masculine] (Spanish), brandövning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire_drill-en-noun-HpPlI89e Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 21 42 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of 'evacuation practice for a fire': 81 9 10 Disambiguation of 'practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire': 91 4 4
  2. (idiomatic, US) Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity. Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms (pointless activity): Chinese fire drill, Polish fire drill Translations (pointless activity): puuhastelu (Finnish), Luftnummer [colloquial, feminine] (German), verlorene Liebesmüh [feminine] (German), bezsensowna działalność [feminine] (Polish), tidsslöseri [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire_drill-en-noun-reYwAjhr Categories (other): American English, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 21 42 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 43 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of 'pointless activity': 2 97 1 Disambiguation of 'pointless activity': 2 97 1
  3. A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited. Categories (topical): Fire, Tools Synonyms (fire starting tool): bow drill, firestick, hand drill, pump drill Translations (rod which is rotated on a flat surface): ἀρίς (arís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), DA-A-Z9:xt (ḏꜣ) (Egyptian), tulipora (Finnish), Fiedelbohrer [masculine] (German), Geigenbohrer [masculine] (German), Feuerbohrer [masculine] (German), Bogendrille [feminine] (German), woolkʼą́ą́h (Navajo), łuk ogniowy [masculine] (Polish), eldborr [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire_drill-en-noun-Ma3glc2C Disambiguation of Fire: 29 15 56 Disambiguation of Tools: 21 9 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 16 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 16 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 21 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 21 42 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 33 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 22 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 23 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 32 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 22 35 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 31 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 17 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 36 41 Disambiguation of 'fire starting tool': 21 10 68 Disambiguation of 'rod which is rotated on a flat surface': 8 8 84

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      "word": "pump drill"
    },
    {
      "word": "strap drill"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our teacher said that will have a fire drill today.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Since they've changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pointless",
          "pointless"
        ],
        [
          "unproductive",
          "unproductive"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "chaotic",
          "chaotic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, US) Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Paul Douglas Campbell, Survival Skills of Native California, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "There is no machine on earth so potent, yet so simple and elegant, as the two sticks of the Native American fire drill;",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "rotating",
          "rotate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-fire drill.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-au-fire_drill.ogg/En-au-fire_drill.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/En-au-fire_drill.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "evacuation practice for a fire",
      "word": "fire practice"
    },
    {
      "sense": "evacuation practice for a fire",
      "word": "disaster drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "evacuation practice for a fire",
      "word": "emergency drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "word": "Chinese fire drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "word": "Polish fire drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fire starting tool",
      "word": "bow drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fire starting tool",
      "word": "firestick"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fire starting tool",
      "word": "hand drill"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fire starting tool",
      "word": "pump drill"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "simulacre d'incendi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "消防演習"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāofáng yǎnxí",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "消防演习"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brandoefening"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "paloharjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exercice d’incendie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "exercice incendie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brandschutzübung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Probealarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Feuerübung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "druil dhóiteáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cleachtadh dóiteáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esercitazione antincendio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinan kunren",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "避難訓練"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "syōbō kunren",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "word": "消防訓練"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ćwiczenie pożarowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "simulacro de incendio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "simulacro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brandövning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "word": "puuhastelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Luftnummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verlorene Liebesmüh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezsensowna działalność"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pointless activity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tidsslöseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḏꜣ",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "word": "DA-A-Z9:xt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "word": "tulipora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fiedelbohrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geigenbohrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Feuerbohrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogendrille"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "arís",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀρίς"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "word": "woolkʼą́ą́h"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "łuk ogniowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rod which is rotated on a flat surface",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eldborr"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fire drill"
  ],
  "word": "fire drill"
}

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