GIMLET

auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble

(noun) hand tool for boring holes

gimlet

(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gimlet (plural gimlets)

A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

Coordinate terms: auger, awl, drill

A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.

Coordinate term: martini

Verb

gimlet (third-person singular simple present gimlets, present participle gimletting or gimleting, simple past and past participle gimletted or gimleted)

To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).

(nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

Source: Wiktionary

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Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (] Etym: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]

Definition: A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.

Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]

1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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