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gimlet

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gim·let  (gmlt)
n.
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 penetrate with or as if 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

gimlet [gim-let]
Noun
a small hand tool with a pointed spiral tip, used for boring holes in wood
Adjective
penetrating or piercing: gimlet eyes [Old French guimbelet]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gimlet - a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
cocktail - a short mixed drink
2.gimletgimlet - hand tool for boring holes
drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
Translations
Spanish gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] nbarrena de mano
French gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] nvrille f
German gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] nHandbohrer m
Italian gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] nsucchiello

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"'Tis true," he said; "but where can I get a chisel to take the planks out, a gimlet to pierce the cask?
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.
I got quite cross with them after a bit, and told them what I thought of them, and then they gave the gimlet such an excruciating wrench that I woke up.
 
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