Auger

Quick meaning: Auger is a noun meaning A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

Meaning

A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.

More Meanings

1. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
2. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
3. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
4. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
5. To proceed in the manner of an auger.
6. (Arkansas, Missouri, uncommon) To daydream.

Example Sentences

Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.

It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top.

It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.

There was no way to measure progress inside the sphere, to know whether it spun or leapt or wobbled like a top as it augered through the years.

Word Forms

• augers
• augre
• augering
• augered

Synonyms for auger

Depending on context, synonyms include gimlet, wimble, snake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gimlet, wimble, snake, drill, augur, bore.

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