1.nounAn organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.
"Our teacher said that will have a fire drill today."
2.nounAny pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity.
"Since they've changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill."
3.nounA fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited.