trepanning

/tɹɪˈpænɪŋ/

IPA: /T R EH1 P AH0 N IH0 NG/

verb

1
To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
2
To use a trepan; to trephine.

verb

1
To ensnare; to seduce, to trick.
“1798 Charlotte Turner Smith: The Young Philosopher. Vol.4, Chapter 9. ...a postchaise, into which he had so infamously trepanned me...”

noun

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