gimlet

gim·let

(gĭm′lĭt)

1. A small hand tool having a spiraled shank, a screw tip, and a cross handle and used for boring holes.

2. A cocktail made with vodka or gin, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes effervescent water and garnished with a slice of lime.

tr.v. gim·let·ed, gim·let·ing, gim·lets

To make a hole in (something) with a gimlet.

adj.

Having a penetrating or piercing quality: gimlet eyes.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman guimbelet, perhaps from Middle Dutch wimmelkijn, diminutive of wimmel, auger.]

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gimlet

(ˈɡɪmlɪt)

1. (Tools) a small hand tool consisting of a pointed spiral tip attached at right angles to a handle, used for boring small holes in wood

2. (Cookery) US a cocktail consisting of half gin or vodka and half lime juice

3. (Plants) a eucalyptus of W Australia having a twisted bole

(Tools) (tr) to make holes in (wood) using a gimlet

adj

penetrating; piercing (esp in the phrase gimlet-eyed)

[C15: from Old French guimbelet, of Germanic origin, see wimble]

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gim•let

(ˈgɪm lɪt)
n.

1. a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.

2. a cocktail of gin or vodka, lime juice, and sometimes sugar.

v.t.

3. to pierce with or as if with a gimlet.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Old French guimbelet < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch wimmel wimble]

gimlet

Past participle: gimleted
Gerund: gimleting

Imperative
gimlet
gimlet

Present
I gimlet
you gimlet
he/she/it gimlets
we gimlet
you gimlet
they gimlet

Preterite
I gimleted
you gimleted
he/she/it gimleted
we gimleted
you gimleted
they gimleted

Present Continuous
I am gimleting
you are gimleting
he/she/it is gimleting
we are gimleting
you are gimleting
they are gimleting

Present Perfect
I have gimleted
you have gimleted
he/she/it has gimleted
we have gimleted
you have gimleted
they have gimleted

Past Continuous
I was gimleting
you were gimleting
he/she/it was gimleting
we were gimleting
you were gimleting
they were gimleting

Past Perfect
I had gimleted
you had gimleted
he/she/it had gimleted
we had gimleted
you had gimleted
they had gimleted

Future
I will gimlet
you will gimlet
he/she/it will gimlet
we will gimlet
you will gimlet
they will gimlet

Future Perfect
I will have gimleted
you will have gimleted
he/she/it will have gimleted
we will have gimleted
you will have gimleted
they will have gimleted

Future Continuous
I will be gimleting
you will be gimleting
he/she/it will be gimleting
we will be gimleting
you will be gimleting
they will be gimleting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gimleting
you have been gimleting
he/she/it has been gimleting
we have been gimleting
you have been gimleting
they have been gimleting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gimleting
you will have been gimleting
he/she/it will have been gimleting
we will have been gimleting
you will have been gimleting
they will have been gimleting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gimleting
you had been gimleting
he/she/it had been gimleting
we had been gimleting
you had been gimleting
they had been gimleting

Conditional
I would gimlet
you would gimlet
he/she/it would gimlet
we would gimlet
you would gimlet
they would gimlet

Past Conditional
I would have gimleted
you would have gimleted
he/she/it would have gimleted
we would have gimleted
you would have gimleted
they would have gimleted

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	gimlet - a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice cocktail - a short mixed drink
	2.	gimlet - hand tool for boring holes screw auger, wimble, auger drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

Translations

näveri

succhiello

boren fretboor

буравчик

gimlet

[ˈgɪmlɪt] N (for wood) → barrena f de mano
he had gimlet eyes → tenía una mirada muy penetrante

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gimlet

[ˈgɪmlɪt] n (= tool) → vrille f

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gimlet

n → Hand- or Vorbohrer m; her gimlet eyes → ihre Luchsaugen; to have eyes like gimlets → Augen wie ein Luchs haben; gimlet-eyed → luchsäugig

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gimlet

[ˈgɪmlɪt] n (for wood) → succhiello

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"No, but you can take out two or three boards of the partition," answered Blaisois, "and make a hole in the cask with a gimlet."

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And there was Raffles securing the landing door with wedge and gimlet, the very second after softly closing it behind us.

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I slept through it for a while, dreaming that I had swallowed a sovereign, and that they were cutting a hole in my back with a gimlet, so as to try and get it out.

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Others have been drawn out, not without trouble, from the bottoms of ships, which they had pierced through and through, as a gimlet pierces a barrel.

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What was I thinking of to thrust myself into that stone gimlet which pierces the sky; all for the sake of eating bearded cheese, and looking at the bell- towers of Paris through a hole in the wall!"

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The box was close on every side, with a little door for me to go in and out, and a few gimlet holes to let in air.

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But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of the morning sniffing and whining, and wagging his tail, and going round and round with his head in the hole like a gimlet.

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But Raffles had taken out the portable tool-box that he called a knife, and always carried, and as he opened the gimlet he handed me the club he held.

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Here's a gimlet, so you hold her, boys, while I get her dear little nose all ready," cried Charlie, whisking away the pillow as the other boys danced about the sofa in true Fiji style.

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Winkle, with his face and hands blue with the cold, had been forcing gimlet into the soles of his boots, and putting his skates on, with the points behind, and getting the straps into a very complicated and entangled state, with the assistance of Mr.

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In the rainy day he builds a work-bench, or gets his tool-box set in the corner of the barn-chamber, and stored with nails, gimlet, pincers, screwdriver and chisel.

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Winkle, with his face and hands blue with the cold, had been forcing a gimlet into the sole of his feet, and putting his skates on, with the points behind, and getting the straps into a very complicated and entangled state, with the assistance of Mr.

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