"fire drill" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Wikidata QID: Q3243704 Synonyms: fire practice Hypernyms: drill, exercise, practice, activity Translations (practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire): simulacre d'incendi (Catalan), 消防演習 /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), תרגיל אש (Hebrew), תרגול כיבוי אש (Hebrew), 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), การซ้อมหนีไฟ (gaan-sɔ́ɔm-nǐi-fai) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-fire_drill-en-noun-en:Q3243704 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Fire Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 42 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 36 43 Disambiguation of Fire: 86 0 14 Disambiguation of 'practice to prepare for evacuation in the event of a fire': 92 4 4
  2. (idiomatic, US) Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity. Wikidata QID: Q5100783 Tags: US, idiomatic Synonyms: Chinese fire drill, Polish fire drill Coordinate_terms: Mexican standoff 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-en:Q5100783 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 39 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 42 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 36 43 Disambiguation of 'pointless activity': 7 92 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. Wikidata QID: Q105062783 Synonyms: bow drill, firestick, hand drill, pump drill, firestarter 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)
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      "code": "de",
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