Word "BORE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Synonyms:
drill

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
Synonyms:
aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cause to be bored
Synonyms:
tire

Crossword Clues for BORE

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Uninteresting person Commuter 24 Apr 2024
Severn ___, surge wave in south-west England
Apt rhyme of "chore" and "snore" Universal 13 Apr 2024
Tedious fellow Thomas Joseph 27 Mar 2024
Fail to amuse
Make a hole in, though it's a nuisance (4)
Tedious individual (4)
Stood up to drill (4)
Stomached Commuter 11 Mar 2024
Endured tidal wave rushing up a narrow estuary (4)
Cause of some nodding LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2024
Someone who just won't stop talking
Snoozefest USA Today 28 Feb 2024
Make a hole in a tattered robe (4)
Drill (a hole) Mirror Tea Time 27 Feb 2024
Yawn-inducing speaker
Drill (into) New York Times 20 Feb 2024
No excitement, thanks to the writer? (4)
Give birth to a child
Uninteresting person Commuter 17 Feb 2024
Pierce to make a hole
Yawn-inducing, like a lengthy lecture
Snoozefest or yawn-inducer, say
Well, he won't offer much interest (4)
Go through a tidal flood (4)
Person no one wants to listen to Commuter 26 Jan 2024
Suffered pain in the neck
Snoozefest USA Today 14 Jan 2024
Dull or uninteresting person, say
Snoozer of a speaker Newsday 07 Jan 2024
A tidal wave; a tedious or tiresome person or thing; or, a gun's calibre (4)
Yawn-inducing speaker
Not-very-fun person USA Today 17 Dec 2023
Uninteresting lecture, say
Snooze New York Times 03 Dec 2023
Drill for tedious person (4) Puzzler Cryptic 02 Dec 2023
Cause sleepiness, in a way
Yawn inducer LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2023
Dig someone who's tiresome (4)
Unexciting person USA Today 25 Nov 2023
Total snoozefest New York Times Mini 24 Nov 2023
Yawn-inducing speaker
Yawn-inducing talk
Drill Eugene Sheffer 31 Oct 2023
Drill carried The Telegraph Toughie 27 Oct 2023
Snoozefest USA Today 26 Oct 2023
Snoozer LA Times Daily 19 Oct 2023
Person who makes you yawn Universal 16 Oct 2023
Sleep-inducing talker, say
One who might make you yawn, say
Endured Newsday 30 Sep 2023
Snoozefest New York Times 10 Sep 2023
Yawn inducing, say (anagram of "robe")
Drill Eugene Sheffer 11 Aug 2023
Yawn producer Newsday 30 Jul 2023
Put to sleep with a lecture, say Universal 30 Jul 2023
Ho-hum thing Premier Sunday 09 Jul 2023
Gave birth to Universal 08 Jul 2023
Hardly the life of the party Universal 07 Jul 2023
Put to sleep Wall Street Journal 01 Jul 2023
Induce a yawn, say
Person who'll make you yawn Newsday 27 Jun 2023
Induce a yawn, say
Really monotonous lecture, for one
Uninteresting person
Yawner Universal 02 Jun 2023
Person that's dull company, say
Tedious person; drill The Times Concise 15 May 2023
Uninteresting sort
Make yawn New York Times 04 Apr 2023
Drill Eugene Sheffer 30 Mar 2023
Tedious sort New York Times 12 Mar 2023
Tiresome speaker Newsday 07 Mar 2023
Cause of yawns?
Tiresome person USA Today 26 Feb 2023
Put to sleep Wall Street Journal 23 Jan 2023
Snoozefest LA Times Daily 09 Jan 2023
Assumed to be tedious person The Times Cryptic 16 Nov 2022
Drill (into) Newsday 22 Sep 2022
Fail to entertain USA Today 21 Sep 2022
Yawn inducer Wall Street Journal 13 Sep 2022
Yawn inducer
Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold
Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold The Guardian Cryptic 31 Aug 2022
Snoozefest USA Today 09 Aug 2022
Drip New York Times 06 Aug 2022
Be obnoxiously repetitious? Extremely, initially The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Aug 2022
Leave yawning Newsday 24 Jul 2022
Tedious person USA Today 09 Jul 2022
Produced, as fruit
Drill Eugene Sheffer 25 Jun 2022
Drill Eugene Sheffer 15 Jun 2022
Tiresome person Newsday 13 Jun 2022
Tolerated swine in conversation The Telegraph Toughie 27 May 2022
Fail to interest LA Times Daily 24 May 2022
Drill jade The Times Cryptic 19 May 2022
Put to sleep, so to speak Wall Street Journal 10 May 2022
Make weary The Telegraph Quick 08 May 2022
Put to sleep, perhaps Universal 03 May 2022
Far from being the life of the party
Tedious fellow Thomas Joseph 23 Mar 2022
Snoozefest Universal 21 Mar 2022
Tedious speaker Newsday 01 Mar 2022
Snoozefest USA Today 06 Feb 2022
Drill Eugene Sheffer 01 Feb 2022
Deliver a dull speech to, say Universal 21 Jan 2022
Snoozefest Universal 20 Jan 2022
Make holes Family Time 27 Dec 2021
Make yawn, say USA Today 18 Dec 2021
Yawn inducer
Diameter of a tube or gun barrel Irish Times Simplex 06 Nov 2021
Snoozefest or yawn-inducer
Wild animal said to be nuisance The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Oct 2021
Inside diameter of a pistol Family Time 11 Oct 2021
Tidal flood The Telegraph Quick 10 Oct 2021
Dull movie, say The Washington Post 04 Oct 2021
Dull movie, say LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2021
Tidal river wave The Times Concise 04 Oct 2021
Tiresome one Newsday 27 Sep 2021
Tiresome person USA Today 26 Sep 2021
Fail to excite USA Today 30 Aug 2021
Made a deep, round hole Family Time 29 Aug 2021
Make yawn, perhaps USA Today 24 Aug 2021
Tedious sort Thomas Joseph 23 Aug 2021
Drill (into) Newsday 22 Aug 2021
Tedious sort Thomas Joseph 11 Aug 2021
Cause to yawn USA Today 01 Aug 2021
Drill Eugene Sheffer 08 Jul 2021
Make yawn New York Times 27 Jun 2021
Put up with pain in the neck
Tiresome sort giving wave The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Apr 2021
Uninteresting person
Drill Eugene Sheffer 07 Apr 2021
Put through tedium Newsday 27 Mar 2021
Induce yawning
Drill holes Family Time 08 Mar 2021
Cause of yawns?
Snooze inducer The Washington Post 17 Feb 2021
Snooze inducer LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2021
Snoozefest USA Today 15 Jan 2021
Put to sleep New York Times 09 Jan 2021
Snoozefest
Tiresome speaker Newsday 27 Dec 2020
Dull person
Windbag, say Universal 26 Nov 2020
Wearisome speaker Newsday 23 Nov 2020
Religious graduate hides hole in wet blanket Irish Times Crosaire 23 Nov 2020
Make people yawn Family Time 04 Oct 2020
Tedious person gives wave The Sun Two Speed 07 Sep 2020
Drill The Sun Two Speed 07 Sep 2020
Tedious person USA Today 30 Aug 2020
Put up with drill
Snoozefest Newsday 23 Aug 2020
Yawn inducer
Snoozer Wall Street Journal 15 Aug 2020
Stuck first of borrowed money in Oslo
Induce a yawn, say
Snoozefest Wall Street Journal 08 Aug 2020
Unfortunate neighbor at a dinner party Universal 08 Aug 2020
Cause to yawn USA Today 31 Jul 2020
Dull person in tunnel The Sun Two Speed 29 Jun 2020
Uninteresting sort Universal 23 Jun 2020
Move to tears, say? Universal 10 Jun 2020
Wave, one that may be crashing?
Tiresome person Newsday 28 Apr 2020
Use a drill Universal 26 Apr 2020
Put up with someone hard to put up with
One who makes you yawn
Cause extensive yawning Family Time 06 Apr 2020
Sleep-inducing pill? New York Times 23 Mar 2020
Induce a yawn with dull talk
Yawn-inducing speaker
Dull company
Tiresome person gives wave The Sun Two Speed 06 Jan 2020
Yawn inducer The Washington Post 23 Dec 2019
Yawn inducer LA Times Daily 23 Dec 2019
Yawn-evoking person USA Today 19 Dec 2019
Soldiers stand around for drill
Snoozer of a speaker Newsday 22 Nov 2019
___ someone to tears
___ someone to tears New York Times 18 Nov 2019
Produced, as fruit
Tedious sort Thomas Joseph 21 Oct 2019
Snoozefest Family Time 13 Oct 2019
Tedious speaker Newsday 01 Oct 2019
Drill into wood Family Time 09 Sep 2019
One eliciting yawns LA Times Daily 25 Aug 2019
One eliciting yawns The Washington Post 25 Aug 2019
Cause of some nodding The Washington Post 04 Aug 2019
Cause of some nodding LA Times Daily 04 Aug 2019
Drag Wall Street Journal 03 Aug 2019
Sleep-inducer?
Make a tunnel Wall Street Journal 02 Jul 2019
Put up with irritating person
Fast-running water: such a tedious thing The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Jun 2019
Monotone lecturer, say USA Today 23 Jun 2019
Snoozefest New York Times 11 Jun 2019
Tedious fellow Thomas Joseph 11 Jun 2019
Male animal on air is weary
Tedious person; steep wave The Times Concise 06 Jun 2019
Yawn-inducing sort USA Today 27 May 2019
Make a tunnel Jonesin 21 May 2019
Causing yawning Family Time 13 May 2019
Drag LA Times Daily 02 May 2019
Drag The Washington Post 02 May 2019
Bother about robe
I go on live to be probed by old Republican
Party pooper LA Times Daily 22 Apr 2019
Party pooper The Washington Post 22 Apr 2019
Yawner Wall Street Journal 16 Apr 2019
Cause to yawn Newsday 24 Mar 2019
Yawn inducer USA Today 23 Mar 2019
Tedious person Universal 26 Feb 2019
Party pooper USA Today 17 Feb 2019
Yawner New York Times 05 Feb 2019
''Feats in mouth'' person, per Henry Ford Newsday 02 Feb 2019
Tedious talker Wall Street Journal 24 Jan 2019
Induce a yawn with dull talk
Yawner
Tedious talker
Snoozefest
Make a tunnel
Tedious person
Party pooper
One eliciting yawns
Drag
Cause of some nodding
Drag
Snoozefest
Yawner
Yawn-inducing sort
Yawn inducer
Party pooper
Monotone lecturer, say
One who is dull and glum
Tiresome talker Wall Street Journal 13 Nov 2018
Yawn-inducing speaker or event, say
Cause to yawn, maybe USA Today 20 Oct 2018
Gun barrel feature USA Today 04 Oct 2018
Dig into Universal 19 Sep 2018
Real snoozefest LA Times Daily 09 Sep 2018
Real snoozefest The Washington Post 09 Sep 2018
Induce yawns from Newsday 15 Aug 2018
A drill bit will do it Family Time 29 Jul 2018
Put to sleep The Washington Post 29 Jun 2018
Put to sleep LA Times Daily 29 Jun 2018
Bind book of Scripture
Dull person can be a pig by the sound of it
Drill a hole in Family Time 13 May 2018
Snoozefest Premier Sunday 01 Apr 2018
Do tunneling Newsday 16 Feb 2018
Displayed calibre
Induce ennui in New York Times 11 Feb 2018
Droning lecture, e.g LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2018
Droning lecture, e.g The Washington Post 23 Jan 2018
A person who talks when you wish him to listen The Times Specialist Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Droning lecture, e.g.
Tiresome talker
Cause to yawn, maybe
Induce ennui in
Gun barrel feature
Real snoozefest
Dig into
Put to sleep
Dull speaker Universal 30 Nov 2017
Drill; dull person The Times Concise 22 Nov 2017
Snoozefest Universal 10 Sep 2017
Put up with pain in the neck The Telegraph Toughie 31 Aug 2017
Put to sleep, perhaps LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2017
Put to sleep, perhaps The Washington Post 18 Jun 2017
Uninteresting person
Drill a hole in The Times Concise 18 May 2017
Tidal flood is a nuisance The Telegraph Toughie 16 May 2017
Leave yawning Newsday 30 Apr 2017
Dry-as-dust sort USA Today 27 Mar 2017
Tiresome one Newsday 15 Mar 2017
Cause someone to yawn Family Time 26 Feb 2017
Snoozer New York Times 23 Feb 2017
Cause to yawn Family Time 12 Feb 2017
Tiresome talker Newsday 22 Jan 2017
Snoozefest
Put to sleep, perhaps
Dull speaker
Snoozer
Snoozefest
Total snoozefest Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2016
Droning lecturer, say USA Today 25 Nov 2016
Droning lecturer, e.g USA Today 20 Nov 2016
Ho-hum sort USA Today 08 Oct 2016
... endured pain? The Telegraph Toughie 06 Oct 2016
Drill — dull activity
Cause of much yawning LA Times Daily 25 Jul 2016
Use a gimlet USA Today 10 Jul 2016
Gun measure New York Times 30 Jun 2016
Make yawn Family Time 02 May 2016
Droning lecturer Universal 15 Apr 2016
Severn phenomenon that fails to generate interest? The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Mar 2016
Dull one LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2016
Use an auger Family Time 21 Feb 2016
Live around gold mine
Tiresome person Eugene Sheffer 29 Jan 2016
Wearingly dull one The Washington Post 28 Jan 2016
Dull person; hole The Times Concise 19 Jan 2016
Wearisome one Newsday 10 Jan 2016
Droning lecturer, e.g.
Cause to yawn
Gun measure
Speaker that makes one cry? The Washington Post 01 Jan 2016
Cause of much yawning
Use a gimlet
Yawner LA Times Daily 30 Dec 2015
Gun barrel measure LA Times Daily 26 Dec 2015
Endured weary drill
Produced, as fruit LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2015
Stood and gave birth
Endured weary drill
Make yawn Universal 01 Nov 2015
The mayor of Dullsville? The Chronicle of Higher Education 30 Oct 2015
Put up with tedious character
Tolerated back in Esher obviously
Tire The Telegraph Quick 17 Sep 2015
Cause yawns USA Today 10 Sep 2015
Do some drills? New York Times 29 Aug 2015
Tunnel of Love run through live
Tiresome person Universal 20 Jul 2015
Ear bender Newsday 17 Jul 2015
Do drilling Newsday 10 Jul 2015
Carried by a wave? The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jun 2015
Snoozefest The Chronicle of Higher Education 12 Jun 2015
Reduce to tears, in a way USA Today 04 Jun 2015
Barrel diameter New York Times 20 May 2015
Drill (into) New York Times 22 Mar 2015
Tiresome one Eugene Sheffer 03 Mar 2015
Yawn inducer Newsday 01 Feb 2015
Tolerated LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2015
Tolerated
Produced, as fruit
Gun barrel measure
Cause yawns
Gasbag
Yawner
Dullsville dweller
Snoozefest
Do drilling
Ear bender
Tiresome one
Tiresome person
Yawn inducer
Barrel diameter
Do some drills?
Drill (into)
Hardly the life of the party
The mayor of Dullsville?
Reduce to tears, in a way
Lea Michele "Mama Who ___ Me"
Tiresome person
Make yawn
Tiresome sort to make a hole
Use an auger
Homophone for 55-Down
Drill
Barrel measure
Tiresome sort
Grandaddy "Kim You ___ Me to Death"
Yawner
Predictable person
Dull person
Sidearm's stat
Endured
"A person who talks when you wish him to listen," per Ambrose Bierce
"Zzz" inducer
Hollow out
Inner diameter
Snoozefest
Drill
Supported
Auger
Auger
Cylinder diameter
"Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson
Drill a hole
Yawn producer
Snoozefest
Gun barrel measurement
Party pooper
Yawn inducer
Gun barrel measurement
Yawn inducer
Drill (into)
Tiresome speaker
Tiresome sort
What lame band will do
Yawner
Cylinder diameter
Drill
Use an auger
Person droning on about tax law, probably
Induce yawns
Yawn-inducing speaker
Cause yawns
Induce yawns
Windbag
Put to sleep, so to speak
Tedious type
Yawn inducer
Drill
Barrel's inside diameter
Drill
Windbag
Put to sleep
Drill
Lame show
Party pooper
Cause to yawn
Yawn-inducing type
Gun measurement
Carried
Make yawn
Drill a hole
Produced, as fruit
Leave yawning
Make a hole
Make a tunnel
Bring to tears?
Drag
Ho-hum sort
Bring to tears?
Yawn inducer
Use an auger
Put to sleep
Make yawn
Yawn-inducing speaker, e.g.
Wet blanket
One who talks only about himself, say
One who's easier to pray for than to visit, according to C. S. Lewis
Droner, usually
Put to sleep, so to speak
Make weary by being dull
Yawn producer, perhaps
Use an auger
Use a drill
Put to sleep, so to speak
Yawn-inducing speaker
One causing ennui
Dullsville denizen
Put to sleep, perhaps
Use a shop tool
Drill holes
Put to sleep
Yawn-inducing speaker
Dullsville resident
Make yawn
Party pariah
Gun barrel diameter
Inner diameter
Dull fellow
Put to sleep, perhaps
Gasbag
Gasbag
Drone, e.g.
Drill
Droner, often
What unexciting drillers do?
See 25-Across
Interest-reduction cause?
Barrel diameter
Barrel statistic
Drill
Induce ennui
Yawn-inducing speaker, say
Hollow out
Yawn-inducing speaker, say
See 25-Across
Put to sleep, perhaps
Partygoer to avoid
Dullsville denizen
Had on one's back
Bloviator, often
Real drag
Real drag
Tiresome sort
Was worthy of
Yawn producer
Induce yawning
Drag
Ear bender
Tube diameter
Was worthy of
Yawn producer
Inside tube diameter
Gun-barrel diameter
Dullsville denizen
Tube's inner diameter
Dullsville resident?
Drag
Yawn producer
Yawn inducer
Wet blanket
Make a tunnel
Put to sleep
Uninteresting one
Tedious type
Inside diameter, as of a gun
Put to sleep
The death of the party?
Reduce to tears, in a way
Real drag
Wearisome speaker
Tiresome person
Uninteresting one
Make a tunnel
Do drilling
Cause of ennui
Cause of some yawns
One who makes you yawn
Drip
Long speech, often
Cause of some yawns
Dullard
Party pariah
Turn off
Wearisome one
Schmo
Crashing sort
One who makes you yawn
Ho-hum character
Dull person
Stomached
Long speech, often
Put to sleep, in a way
"A person who talks when you wish him to listen": Ambrose Bierce
Put to sleep, in a way
Inner diameter
One who goes on and on and on...
Induce yawns in
Hollow out
Evoke yawns
Cylinder diameter
Word defined by Ambrose Bierce in 17-, 39-, and 61-Across
Gave birth to
Wet blanket
Party pooper
Brought forth
Put to sleep, maybe
Yielded
Resident of Dullsville
Droner, often
Dull guest
Tedious one
Gun barrel diameter
See 33A
Yawner
Use a drill
Cause ennui
One who causes eyes to glaze over
Cause to yawn
Gun stat
Yawn inducer, perhaps
Yawn inducer
Yawn producer
Crashing type?
Unwanted guest
Cause yawns
Inside diameter
Tunnel
Dull person
Wet blanket
Drilling tool
Hardly the life of the party
Fail as a raconteur
Crashing type?
Use an auger
Word with crashing or tidal
Yawn causer
Tube's inner diameter
Inside diameter of a gun
Reduce to tears, maybe
Cylinder diameter
Brought forth
Tedious person
Drill a hole
Crashing type?
Drip
Partypooper
Tears provoker?
Tidal wave
Dull fellow
Endured
Induce yawns
Caliber
Cause a ho-hum
Use a gimlet
Gauge
Afflict with ennui
Eagre
Kimono is a dull one
Tidal wave
Windbag
Tunnel
Source of "ear-itation"
Dull speaker
Nudnik
Crashing __
Cause to nod
High wave
Tire
Long-winded speaker
Carried
Yawn maker
Stood
Auger
Cause ennui
Buttonholer
Prolix person
Tidal flood
Nonstop talker
He makes you yawn
Evoke yawns
Induce ennui
Dull one
Windbag, e.g.
Party drag
Party pooper
Tidal or colossal
Dispenser of ennui
Tidal flow
Tiresome one
Abrupt tidal rise
___ from within
Stuffed shirt
Dull lecturer
Social menace
Perforate
Cause of 66 Across.
Endured.
Drill.
Hole size.
Long-winded one.
Nonstop talker.
Hollow out.
Type of talker.
Tidal wave.
Prolix one.
Tire.
Dry-as-dust one.
Man of many words.
Cylinder diameter.
Carried or supported.
Humdrum one.
Caliber.
Tedious one.
Long-winded.
Weary.
No asset to a party.
Carried.
Hollow part of a tube.
Use a gimlet.
Hollow part of a pipe.
Prosy talker.
Dull conversationalist.
Yawn provoker.
Tiresome person.
Tiresome affair.
Evoke yawns.
Nuisance.
An unwelcome guest.
Person to be avoided.
Cause of ennui.
Deadly company.
"It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes)
"A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford
Annoying drip
20-Across, e.g., especially during solving
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