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| auger |
a tool used by carpenters for boring holes in wood. |
| bit1 |
the pointed tool that is fastened into a drill head for boring or drilling. [1/5 definitions] |
| blah |
used to indicate insignificant, predictable, boring, or irritating things being said (often spoken in repetition). [1/4 definitions] |
| bore1 |
a hole or other opening made by boring. [1/7 definitions] |
| boring1 |
(pl.) the refuse, such as chips or dust, produced as the result of boring something. [1/3 definitions] |
| brace |
a tool used for holding and turning wood-boring bits. [1/10 definitions] |
| bromide |
(informal) a boring person. [1/4 definitions] |
| deadly |
extremely boring. [1/6 definitions] |
| drag |
(slang) a boring or inhibiting person or situation. [1/13 definitions] |
| drear |
in literature, dreary; dismal; boring. |
| dreary |
tedious, boring, or unexciting. [1/2 definitions] |
| drudge |
someone who works at a boring, repetitious, physically demanding, or menial job. [2 definitions] |
| drudgery |
hard, boring, menial, or unpleasant work. |
| dry |
uninteresting; boring. [1/14 definitions] |
| dull |
lacking in interest, originality, or liveliness; boring. [1/10 definitions] |
| fogy |
someone who has old-fashioned habits, beliefs, or ideas, esp. someone who is also boring (usu. prec. by "old"). |
| galley slave |
a person who does menial or boring work; drudge. [1/2 definitions] |
| grind |
(informal) tedious or boring work. [1/12 definitions] |
| groove |
(informal) a fixed routine, considered as being effective, or as being humdrum and boring. [1/7 definitions] |
| longueur |
(French) a lengthy, boring part in a book, opera, speech, or the like. |
| pall2 |
to become boring or distasteful; cause weariness. |
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