Gimlet

Quick meaning: Gimlet is a noun meaning A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

Meaning

A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.

More Meanings

1. A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
2. To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
3. (nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.

Example Sentences

Then there was an awful silence. The lady gimleted us again one by one with her blue eyes.

By seven, dinner was under way, and a bottle of vodka gimlets and one of martinis were in the freezer, chilling.

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.

Yeah, a piece of advice — once you’re back in circulation, don’t keep topping off a lady’s vodka gimlet when she’s not looking.

Word Forms

• gimlets
• gimleting
• gimletting
• gimleted
• gimletted

Synonyms for gimlet

Depending on context, synonyms include auger, wimble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include auger, wimble, socket, aiguille, drillhole, gurlet.

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