gimlet (redirected from gimleting)

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 [ˈgɪmlɪt]

n

1. (Engineering / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a eucalyptus of W Australia having a twisted bole

vb

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

adj

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

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

Thesaurus

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

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

gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] n (= tool) → vrille f

gimlet

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

gimlet [ˈgɪmlɪt] n (for wood) → succhiello