Gimlet

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  • noun. A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes.
  • noun. A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.
  • transitive verb. To make a hole in (something) with a gimlet.
  • adjective. Having a penetrating or piercing quality.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To use or apply a gimlet upon; form a hole in by using a gimlet; turn round, as one does a gimlet.
  • noun. A small instrument with a pointed screw at the end, for boring holes in wood by turning it with one hand.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.
  • noun. a squint-eye.
  • transitive verb. To pierce or make with a gimlet.
  • transitive verb. To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
  • noun. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
  • verb. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
  • noun. hand tool for boring holes
    • Word Usage
    "Sator: I'm more a martini guy myself, but that gimlet is in the top five."
    cross-reference
    to gimlet the anchor  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cocktail  drill  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adze  auger  awl  beady  bleary  
    verb-form
    gimleted  gimleting  gimlets  
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