Found 4 items, similar to auger.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: aug agustus
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: auger gurdi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: auger auger n 1: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes [syn: plumber's snake] 2: hand tool for boring holes [syn: gimlet, screw auger, wimble]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Auger Auger \Au"ger\, n. [OE. augoure, nauger, AS. nafeg[=a]r, fr. nafu, nafa, nave of a wheel + g[=a]r spear, and therefore meaning properly and originally a nave-bore. See Nave (of a wheel) and 2d Gore, n.] 1. A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water. [1913 Webster] Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger. [1913 Webster] ||