| beat up | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. beat, beat up, work over | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ strong-arm | use physical force against.; "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant" |
| ~ soak | beat severely. |
| ~ pistol-whip | beat with a pistol. |
| ~ belabour, belabor | beat soundly. |
| ~ rough up | treat violently.; "The police strong-armed the suspect" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| ~ flog, lash, lather, trounce, welt, whip, slash, strap | beat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" |
| ~ cane, lambast, lambaste, flog | beat with a cane. |
| ~ kayo, knock cold, knock out | knock unconscious or senseless.; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds" |
| ~ flail, thrash, lam, thresh | give a thrashing to; beat hard. |
| ~ clobber, baste, batter | strike violently and repeatedly.; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her" |
| ~ larrup, spank, paddle | give a spanking to; subject to a spanking. |
| v. (contact) | 2. beat up, drum up, rally | gather.; "drum up support" |
| ~ collect, pull in | get or bring together.; "accumulate evidence" |
| din | | |
| n. (event) | 1. blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din | a loud harsh or strident noise. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (act) | 2. commotion, din, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, tumult | the act of making a noisy disturbance. |
| ~ disturbance | the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion. |
| ~ ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir, fuss | a rapid active commotion. |
| v. (perception) | 3. boom, din | make a resonant sound, like artillery.; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. din | instill (into a person) by constant repetition.; "he dinned the lessons into his students" |
| ~ inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| drill | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. drill | a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows). |
| ~ screw auger, wimble, auger, gimlet | hand tool for boring holes. |
| ~ bit | the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press.; "he looked around for the right size bit" |
| ~ bore bit, borer, rock drill, stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock. |
| ~ brace and bit | a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it. |
| ~ breast drill | a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work. |
| ~ chuck | a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill. |
| ~ core drill | a drill that removes a cylindrical core from the drill hole. |
| ~ burr drill, dentist's drill | a high speed drill that dentists use to cut into teeth. |
| ~ hand drill, handheld drill | a small portable drill held and operated by hand. |
| ~ power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials. |
| ~ reamer | a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| ~ trepan | a drill for cutting circular holes around a center. |
| n. (animal) | 2. drill, mandrillus leucophaeus | similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored. |
| ~ baboon | large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles. |
| n. (act) | 3. drill, exercise, practice, practice session, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ grooming, training, preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior. |
| ~ fire drill | an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire. |
| ~ manual of arms, manual | (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle. |
| ~ military drill | training in marching and the use of weapons. |
| ~ rehearsal | (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory. |
| ~ dry run, rehearsal | a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert).; "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" |
| ~ brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ scrimmage | (American football) practice play between a football team's squads. |
| ~ shadowboxing | sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training). |
| ~ target practice | practice in shooting at targets. |
| n. (act) | 4. drill | (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms. |
| ~ grooming, training, preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| v. (contact) | 5. bore, drill | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool.; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" |
| ~ spud | initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum.; "The well was spudded in April" |
| ~ counter-drill | drill in an opposite direction. |
| ~ trepan | cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. drill | train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons. |
| ~ train, educate, prepare, develop | create by training and teaching.; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. drill, exercise, practice, practise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| ~ learn, study, read, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram down | teach by drills and repetition. |
| ~ inculcate, infuse, instill | teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions.; "inculcate values into the young generation" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. drill | undergo military training or do military exercises. |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
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