Found 3 items, similar to Gimlet.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gimlet
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gimlet
gimlet
n 1: a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
2: hand tool for boring holes [syn:
auger,
screw auger,
wimble]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gimlet
Gimlet
\Gim"let\, n. [Also written and pronounced
gimbled]
[OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel,
weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See
Wimble, n.]
A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a
grooved body, and a cross handle.
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Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] --Wright.
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Gimlet
\Gim"let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Gimleted; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Gimleting.]
1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.
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2. (Naut.) To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a
motion like turning a gimlet.
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