Definitions:
make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging

(of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way.

the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.

a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting

cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour

a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary