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gimlet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gimlet has 2 senses
- gimlet(n = noun.food) Array - a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice; Array is a kind of cocktail
- gimlet(n = noun.artifact) auger, screw auger, wimble - hand tool for boring holes; Array is a kind of drill
CIDE DICTIONARY
gimlet, n. [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n. ].
A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. [1913 Webster]
gimlet, v. t.
- To pierce or make with a gimlet. [1913 Webster]
- To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gimlet, n.
1 a small tool with a screw-tip for boring holes.
2 a cocktail usu. of gin and lime-juice.
1 a small tool with a screw-tip for boring holes.
2 a cocktail usu. of gin and lime-juice.
Idiom
gimlet eye an eye with a piercing glance.
Etymology
ME f. OF guimbelet, dimin. of guimble
ROGET THESAURUS
gimlet
Perforator
N perforator, piercer, borer, auger, chisel, gimlet, stylet, drill, wimble, awl, bradawl, scoop, terrier, corkscrew, dibble, trocar, trepan, probe, bodkin, needle, stiletto, rimer, warder, lancet, punch, puncheon, spikebit, gouge, spear, puncher, punching machine, punching press, punch pliers.
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