Drill
Drill verb - To strike with a missile from a gun.
Usage example: drilled the target from 100 yards away
Pop
Pop verb - To strike with a missile from a gun.
Usage example: went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables
How words are described
| old | old drill | old pop |
| typical | typical drill | typical pop |
| common | common drill | common pop |
| standard | standard drill | standard pop |
| Other adjectives: single, real, massive, big, huge, little, famous, traditional, giant, modern, aforementioned, electric. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Drill Man from Mega Man 4, who could burrow into the ground and pop up under Mega Man.
Source: Tunnel King -
However, reinforced steel doors or doors attached to a security system can't have their locks shot out at all and require either a saw, a drill, or C4 to pop the lock.
Source: Shoot Out the Lock -
The first scene has Miss Drill walking in on the girls dancing to a pop song - and they are then immediately reprimanded by Miss Hardbroom.
Source: Literature / The Worst Witch
Cite this Source
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