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bore - a person who evokes boredom |
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dullard |
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disagreeable person,
unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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gasbag,
windbag a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
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nudnick,
nudnik (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest
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platitudinarian a bore who makes excessive use of platitudes
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stuffed shirt a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
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bore - a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes |
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excavation the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
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excavation,
mining the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
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shot hole drill hole for a charge of an explosive
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bore - diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
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gauge,
caliber,
calibre |
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diam,
diameter the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
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| Verb |
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bore - 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" |
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drill |
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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spud initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum; "The well was spudded in April"
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counter-drill drill in an opposite direction
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trepan cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
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bore - cause to be bored |
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tire |
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interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
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