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Webster 1913 Edition
Gimlet
Gim′let
,Noun.
[Also written and pronounced
gimbled
] [OF. ]
guimbelet
, guibelet
, F. gibelet
, prob. fr. OD. wimpel
, weme
, a bore, wemelen
to bore, to wimble. See Wimble
, Noun.
A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle.
Gimlet eye
, a squint-eye.
[Colloq.]
Wright.
Gim′let
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gimleted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gimleting
.] 1.
To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2.
(Naut.)
To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
Definition 2024
gimlet
gimlet
English
Noun
gimlet (plural gimlets)
- A small ****-tipped tool for boring holes.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part II, Chapter II
- 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.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part II, Chapter II
- A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
- 2001, General Hospital (TV soap opera, August 28)
- 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.
- 2001, General Hospital (TV soap opera, August 28)
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
Translations
tool
Verb
gimlet (third-person singular simple present gimlets, present participle gimleting, simple past and past participle gimleted)
- To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
Translations
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
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References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd. Edition, (1989)
Etymology
The name "gimlet" comes from the Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, later guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-French "wimble", a variation of "guimble", from the Middle Low German wiemel, compare the Scandinavian wammie, to bore or twist; the modern French is gibelet. [1]
a gimlet (tool)