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/ˈbɹædɔːl/ · noun
An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws..
‘I wish I wos behind him vith a bradawl,’ muttered the long one.
For the first adjustment [to a door that keeps swinging open], you might need to remove the screws from the frame, move the hinge slightly, and then make new screw holes with a bradawl and reinsert the screws.
Use brad awl when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brad awl means An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws..
Common synonyms include pricker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
‘I wish I wos behind him vith a bradawl,’ muttered the long one.
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