a hand tool with a rotating chuck driven by an electric motor and designed to take an assortment of tools for drilling, grinding, polishing, etc
power drill in American English
noun
a drill operated by a motor
Word origin
[1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, disco, go-go, power play
Examples of 'power drill' in a sentence
power drill
A few minutes later, I heard the high whine of a power drill.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
Even a crash course in how to use a power drill?
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
This entirely explains the most shocking statistic of all: over its entire lifespan, the average power drill is used for 20 minutes.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We open the bottle with a power drill, sending red splatters all over the kitchen wall.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These include hangars with walls so thick that construction workers broke their power drills trying to bring them down.