borings

noun

1. Machinery.
   1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole.
   2. the hole so made.
2. Geology. a cylindrical sample of earth strata obtained by boring a vertical hole.
3. borings, the chips, fragments, or dust produced in boring.

noun

1. 1. the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
   2. the hole made in this way
2. (often plural) a fragment, particle, chip, etc, produced during boring

adjective

1. dull; repetitious; uninteresting

adj.

mid-15c., “action of piercing,” from bore (v.). From 1853 in reference to animals that bore; 1840 in the sense “wearying, causing ennui.”