"drilling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ Forms: drillings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: drill + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drill|ing}} drill + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} drilling (plural drillings)
  1. Act of drilling. Derived forms: drilling fluid, drilling rig, rope drilling, well drilling Translations (act of drilling): boring [feminine] (Dutch), poraus (Finnish), boring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), boring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), borrning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drilling-en-noun-5blNpBGl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/ Forms: drillings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: From German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Drilling||gun with three barrels; triplet}} German Drilling (“gun with three barrels; triplet”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} drilling (plural drillings)
  1. A long firearm with three barrels (typically a mix of shotgun and rifle barrels). Translations (firearm): drillinki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-drilling-en-noun-iRoFf27b
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} drilling
  1. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
    Sense id: en-drilling-en-noun-dJLTjW9u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ Etymology: drill + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drill|ing}} drill + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} drilling
  1. present participle and gerund of drill Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: drill
    Sense id: en-drilling-en-verb-iPRX-kSD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 4 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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