Gimlet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
  2. a cocktail made with gin or vodka, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes soda water.
verb (used with object)
  1. to pierce with or as if with a gimlet.
  2. to rotate (a suspended anchor) to a desired position.
adjective
  1. able to penetrate or bore through.
noun
  1. a small hand tool consisting of a pointed spiral tip attached at right angles to a handle, used for boring small holes in wood
  2. a cocktail consisting of half gin or vodka and half lime juice
  3. a eucalyptus of W Australia having a twisted bole
verb
  1. to make holes in (wood) using a gimlet
adjective
  1. penetrating; piercing (esp in the phrase gimlet-eyed)
Gimlet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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