boring Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of drilling
    drilling.
  2. noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
    oil production; drilling.
  3. verb cause to be bored
    bore; tire.
  4. verb make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
    bore; drill.
    • 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
  5. adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    tedious; slow; ho-hum; wearisome; deadening; tiresome; dull; irksome.
    • a boring evening with uninteresting people
    • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
    • a dull play
    • his competent but dull performance
    • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
    • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
    • tedious days on the train
    • the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
    • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome

WordNet

Bor"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
    One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. Tomlinson.
  2. A hole made by boring.
  3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring. Knight.

Webster 1913